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{{quote|''It is only proper that the world be set to rights. However, if we were to unite the entire world the ignorant masses would be unable to keep pace. Therefore, we will start here. And just to be extra prudent and avoid pushing ourselves too hard, we will go one step further and focus here. Conquering one city is a reasonable plan that allows for some leeway for setbacks, don't you think?''|'''Lord Il Palazzo, ''[[Excel Saga (Animeanime)|Excel Saga]]'''''}}
 
[[Super Villain|Supervillains]] are, as a rule, [[Ambition Is Evil|ambitious]]. From your typical [[Evil Overlord]] to a [[Mad Scientist]] to [[Pinky and The Brain|a pair of lab mice]], any bad guy worth their [[Spikes of Villainy]] will have a grand plan to [[Take Over the World]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* ''[[Excel Saga (Mangamanga)|Excel Saga]]'''s Il Palazzo believes in pacing oneself, so he starts out by conquering the city, then Japan, ''then'' the world.
* Soon after its foundation, the World Domination Club in ''[[Twinkle Saber Nova (Manga)|Twinkle Saber Nova]]'' realizes that they cannot [[Take Over the World]] with their current strength, so they decide to [[Take Over the City]] first. But the city is too large for them, too, so they start with their school.
* Florsheim's [[Evil Plan]] in ''[[Astro Fighter Sunred]]'' is, in order: 1) Defeat Sunred. 2) [[Take Over the World]]. They're still sort of stuck at step 1 and refuse to move on to step 2 until it is finished. Which is sort of good, since [[Harmless Villain|they probably wouldn't know what to do for step 2 even if they did get to that point]].
 
 
== Film ==
* The ''[[Double Dragon (Filmfilm)|Double Dragon]]'' film has [[Big Bad]] Koga Shuko stating this during a rant.
{{quote| Koga Shuko: ALL I WANT IS TOTAL DOMINATION OF ONE MAJOR AMERICAN CITY! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?}}
* For some mysterious reason Supervillains with peculiar fetishes seem fixated on taking over Gotham City - and nobody except Batman seems very interested in stopping them, certainly not the State or Federal authorities!
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== Webcomics ==
* ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'' has Daimyo Kubota, a [[Card-Carrying Villain|card-carrying]] [[Aristocrats Are Evil|evil aristocrat]] who schemes to take over Azure City, and still plots to assassinate its lawful ruler even after its entire population has been displaced. His main mistake is {{spoiler|severely underestimating Vaarsuvius' [[Reality Ensues|ruthlessness and sociopathy]]}}.
 
 
== [[Web Original]] ==
* ''[[Ink City (Roleplay)|Ink City]]'' has to deal with this, primarily from [[Aeon Flux|Trevor Goodchild]], who wishes to turn it into New Bregna. Several other villains have also planned to do so, while many of the regular residents are [[Genre Savvy]] enough to respond to any public threats of this with eye rolling and sarcastic commentary.
 
 
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* In a ''[[Superman]]'' TV special faux documentary, [[Evil Genius]] [[Mad Scientist]] Brainwave recommends beginning villains start small, for example, taking over their next door neighbor.
* ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron]]'' had one [[Mad Scientist]] who tried that.
* ''[[The Spectacular Spider -Man]]'' only has one villain try to take over the world in one episode; the rest war over New York City.
* ''[[Re Boot]]'' has Megabyte mostly focus on taking over the city of Mainframe. He would rather go after the Supercomputer but he'll settle for the city he's stuck in. [[The Bad Guy Wins|When he succeeds]] he tries to leave for the Supercomputer as soon as possible.
* In Disney's ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'', most villains really only want to take over (or destroy) Agrabah. Even Jafar, though he definitely cared about having a lot of ''magical'' power, never seemed to extend his political reach beyond Agrabah.
 
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