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* [[Complete Monster|Colonel Volgin]] from ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]'' is this trope incarnate. When he captures Big Boss, and "[[Cold-Blooded Torture|interrogates]]" him, he actually manages to ''reverse interrogate'' him, as Big Boss is too busy being beaten half to death to say anything, and Volgin is busy disclosing the location of {{spoiler|The Philosopher's Legacy}}. Later, when he and Snake are preparing to fight to the death, Snake asks what that is exactly, and Volgin [[Just Between You and Me|tells him for no discernible reason]].

* Admiral De Loco from ''[[Skies of Arcadia]]''. Unlike the [[Big Bad]], he's not in it to [[Visionary Villain|make the world a better place]], and unlike some of the other admirals he's not a [[Punch Clock Villain]] or in it for the fringe benefits. He just plain likes burning things and hurting people, and working for [[The Empire]] gives him plenty of opportunity. While he is [[Ax Crazy|clearly bugfuck insane]] and often lets his passion for pain and his vendetta against [[The Protagonist|Vyse]] get in the way of making the right decisions, his position as the chief of Valua's research and development division is the only reason they don't just [[Thrown Out the Airlock|jettison him]]. [[And There Was Much Rejoicing|And nobody gave a damn]] [[Killed Off for Real|when his ship blew up in the Vortex after his last battle]].

* ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''

* Shao Kahn ~~in ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''~~ is ''obsessed'' with conquering other realms, and merging them into Outworld, so that (being the megalomaniac tyrant he is) he can not only cause devastation during his invasions, but exploit and oppress survivors for his own egotistical gain. He's treated as the personification of evil in the series. Problem is, as indicated in his ending in ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|Armageddon]]'', he conquers everything in the universe, destroying all lands AND seemingly all life too. And with nothing else left to conquer, he is left alone forever... to essentially go mad with boredom.

** Shao Kahn is ''obsessed'' with conquering other realms, and merging them into Outworld, so that (being the megalomaniac tyrant he is) he can not only cause devastation during his invasions, but exploit and oppress survivors for his own egotistical gain. He's treated as the personification of evil in the series. Problem is, as indicated in his ending in ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|Armageddon]]'', he conquers everything in the universe, destroying all lands AND seemingly all life too. And with nothing else left to conquer, he is left alone forever... to essentially go mad with boredom.

** Moloch's ending somewhat counts as well. Yes he is a lumbering, towering, destructive demon from hell, but his non canonical ending in ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|Armageddon]]'' reinforces that stereotype by telling that he would gain so much power and rage, becoming the ultimate destroyer, but in his stupidity and haste to unleash his power straight away, he destroys all portals to escape the realm he is in, and thus is unable to inflict his wrath upon other worlds.

** Kronika from ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'' is this on many levels; the sad part is, it’s easy to tell that the developers were trying to make her a [[Magnificent Bitch]] whose diabolical schemes could rival those of David Xanatos, but they wound up with an idiot:

** First and foremost, her stated goal is to reset the timeline until she has one she considers perfect. In one dramatic scene, she gloats to Raiden that he has never been able to defeat her in the 100,000 times he has tried. This is supposed to make her sound omnipotent and invincible, except… [[Fridge Logic| 100,000 times?]] How many times do you have to hit the [[Reset Button]] before you get it right? After millions of years, she has been unable to create her perfect timeline, so either she really stinks at this whole [[Rewriting Reality]] thing or it is impossible and she has spent eons wasting time on it. Either way, she's an idiot.

** Plus, as a Titan, Kronika has vast divine powers that certainly rival Raiden's and supposedly rival that of the Elder Gods, and she shows it in cutscenes. She literally freezes time in one scene to talk to Shinnock’s severed head (meaning she’s talking to herself, by the way, as neither he nor anyone else can hear her with time frozen), she rewinds time to restore a castle (again, no reason other than to show she can), then merges two timelines into one with a wave of her hand, restoring every Kombatant who perished or became revenants in the previous two games. (Well, except Quan-Chi and Shinnock, stupid as she is, she has limits), and ''that’s'' all just in the first 30 minutes of Story Mode! Plus her crown lets her literally rewind time (and also makes her tougher physically), she can trap her enemies in pocket dimensions, and teleport to any place in the cosmos at will, freezing foes in place as she does so. The whole idea that anyone could even get ''close'' enough to fight, let alone kill her, seems absurd, the only explanation being carelessness and overconfidence on her part.

** And then there are the mistakes she makes that are associated with this Trope. She makes deals with Shao Kahn and Shang Tsung (two villains who are guaranteed to betray her), [[Bond Villain Stupidity|tells her minions not to kill the living heroes who have revenant counterparts]], because doing so would [[Ret-Gone|RetGone]] the revenants (even though the revenants [[Surrounded by Idiots|are not helping her much]] and [[Fridge Logic|being killed is required to become a revenant]]), she leaves her crown (something she needs to use the Hourglass) where the heroes can find it, [[Explaining Your Power to the Enemy|blatantly tells the heroes how she can be beaten]] (that her plans involving turning Liu Kang and Raiden against each other). It almost seems like Kronika wants there to be a chance she could fail simply to make the conflict more interesting [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|(which might have been an interesting plot twist, actually)]] but no, she has no viable excuse other than being a moron.

* In the Lost Chapters version of ''[[Fable (video game series)|Fable]]'', the evil option of the final choice is this. The options are either A. Throw an evil talking mask into the lava (Good) or B. put on the talking mask that tempts you with power and obviously just wants you to put it on so it can possess you (evil). Guess which option is the smart one and which is the really, ''really'' stupid one. Come on, guess.

* [[Mega Corp|The Umbrella Corporation]] in the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series. This group of [[Mad Scientist]]-slash-[[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] types were obsessed with manipulating DNA and creating biological weapons ("BOWs”) in order to market them to various military firms, only to run into some problems. Problem #1: These BOWs are unpredictable, unstable, and usually destroy whatever facility they're developed in. Problem #2: Said results of these BOWs are usually defeated and destroyed by one police officer. On top of that, they have a task force dedicated to cleaning up these accidents, but most of them are either eaten alive or infected. Problem #3, they ''never'' learn, never having any concern for repercussions of their experiments, even when the brunt of such repercussions come crashing down on their heads, and often come off as "evil for evil's sake". They'd nuke a school bus full of preschoolers if they thought it could be [[For Science]], and that is clearly [[Not Hyperbole]]; they definitely would. Calling Umbrella "incompetent” would be an understatement. As noted above, the movie's incarnation stay true to this portrayal.