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[[File:TinTyrants.jpg|link=Dissidia Final Fantasy|thumb|400px| Certainly, the dry cleaner will feel oppressed.<ref>Clockwise from top right - [[Final Fantasy V|Exdeath]], [[Final Fantasy XII|Gabranth]], [[Final Fantasy IV|Golbez]], [[Final Fantasy I|Garland]]</ref>]]

[[Evil Overlord|Evil Overlords]]s have the tendency to fight in full plate armor, even in settings where that doesn't actually make sense. Their armor usually has plenty of [[Spikes of Villainy]] and is [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] in black. Usually, [[The Faceless|it conceals their face]] to make them appear more mysterious and menacing. Often upgraded to [[Powered Armor]] in more advanced settings.

In fantasy settings, this is the standard look for the [[Black Knight]]. However, that doesn't always mean that an overlord of this type is solely a physical fighter. He might also be an [[Evil Sorcerer]] that made the [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|wise]] choice of donning armor to offset his [[Squishy Wizard|main weakness]]. Besides, they are almost always [[Large and In Charge]] so it's normal to see them as evil [[Magic Knight|Magic Knights]]s.

** [[Doctor DoomApocalypse]] applies in thesome [[Marvel Universe]]interpretations.

* [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Sauron]] fits the bill, but he is only ''described'' as being in armor in the movies; in the book, he's simply described as "A Terrible Dark Lord", "an image of malice and hatred made visible". Morgoth is describedshown asto wearingwear black armor in combat (though outside of it, at least his hands and face are left uncovered).

* Darth Vader in ''[[Star Wars]]'', but [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!!]].

** And, toTo a lesser extent, Darth Revan from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]''.

** Also <s> [[Proud Warrior Race|every Mandalorian ever]]</s> Mandalore, in pretty much any era (although they also qualify as [[Blood Knights]], seeing how they take joy in battle). Yuuzhan Vong love their living crab-armor, too, although [[Big Bad|the Supreme Overlord]] doesn't bother with it.

* Obould Many-Arrows from the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' books wears a spiked suit of black plate armor that's nearly impenetrable. They even used a spell to give him a transparent visor on his helmet so he wouldn't have vulnerable eye holes. Though, when he took the armor off, he got really dangerous.

* The "evil" emperor in Journey of the Catechist wears full plate armor. Ironically, not only is he a powerful sorcerer who doesn't need it for protection, itsit's used entirely to hide his appearance, which he considers ugly.

* Chaos Lords from ''[[Warhammer Fantasy]]'' usually wear heavy plate armour decorated with loads of spikes and symbols of Chaos. Chaos Lords and Sorcerers from ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' wear [[Powered Armor]] (or even heavier Terminator armour) decorated with loads of spikes and symbols of Chaos, as well as... er... [[Squick|trophies]]. At one point, the mark of a true Chaos Warrior was being granted Chaos Armor, which ''fused'' to their skin, could never be removed, and if damaged would grow back.

* ''[[Exalted]]'' gives us the First and Forsaken Lion, an ancient, tyrannical ghost empowered by [[Eldritch Abomination|the dead makers of Creation]] to go out and kill everything. He's a master warlord and strategist in a gigantic suit of armor. Not that he has much choice, as he was welded into it as punishment for his first major screw up.

* The unofficial Lord of the Rings tabletop game ''Ambarquenta'' encourages this by ruling that metal contains Morgothian elementelements, and thus gets in the way of casting good wizardry and good-ish sorcery, but does not hamper evil sorcery and necromancy in any way.

** Garland in ''[[Final Fantasy I]]''., (although his characterization in Dissidia is more similar to that of a [[Blood Knight]]).

** Emperor Mateus Palamecia in ''[[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|Final Fantasy II]]'',; although he doesn't have a helmet, he certainly has a golden and violet suit of armor.

{{quote| ''"You really outta [[Robe and Wizard Hat|dress the part]] if you're a wizard."''}}

* Sarevok in ''~[[Baldur's Gate~]]''.

* Death's Hand in ''[[Jade Empire]]'' isqualifies, though in terms of "Tyrant" he's more of [[The Dragon]], - but then again, [[Man Behind the Man|he's also the]] [[Big Bad]]. He qualifies at any rate.

* The Magic Emperor {{spoiler|Ghaleon}} in ''[[Lunar]]'', notable in that he seems to wear it because [[Genre Savvy|he knows]] [[Card-Carrying Villain|that villains are supposed to wear it]].

* Magruder in ''Gun''. The reason, [[Hand Wave|kinda]], is that he's completely unharmed by any of your weapons and has to be taken down by other means.

* In the first game of ''[[Lightning Warrior Raidy]]'', one of the bosses is this. This hides the fact that {{spoiler|inside, [[Samus Is a Girl|it's a girl]].}}

** Deathwing as well, despite being a dragon. Unlike the other dragons which run around basically naked, Deathwing has elementium plates grafted onto his body. In his, case it's justified: His body is slowly wasting away due to his vast power. The armor plating is basically holding his body together.

* Standard fare for the more physically inclined ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s and higher enemies; some of the most memorable examples are [[Fire Emblem Akaneia|Hardin]], [[Fire Emblem Elibe|Zephiel]], and [[Fire Emblem Tellius|the Black Knight]].

* Xemnas from ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]'' gets this form during the first and third stages of the battle with him. {{spoiler|It turns out to be the Keyblade Armour of Master Xehanort, his ''original'' original incarnation.}}

* Mordekaiser from [[League of Legends]] rules over... something, and is constantly seen wearing armor. His new Pentakill Mordekaiser skin removes the armor covering his torso, but he is still [[The Faceless|wearing his helm]].

* Lord Deimos from ''Mace: The Dark Age'' fits too, seeing as he's encased in blood red armor and we never see any part of him outside of it. He even has the BFS and [[Spikes of Villainy]].

* [[The Dragon|Frank Horrigan]] from ''[[Fallout 2]]'' is a 12-foot tall, [[Powered Armor]] version of this. The Roman-themed Legate Lanius from [[Fallout: New Vegas]] is the more traditional version.

{{quote| '''Legate Lanius''': We shall see how brave you are when you are nailed to the walls of Hoover Dam, your body facing West so you may watch your world die.}}

** {{spoiler|The Reapers}} are all gigantic spacecraft, and thus have got pretty tough black shells.}}

* The [[Boss in Mook Clothing|Black Knights]] from [[Dark Souls]] are completely covered in their huge, tough black armor - and {{spoiler|and that's all that's left of them}}. Also Havel the Rock, though his armor is actually incredibly heavy [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|carved rock]].

* Dark Lord Gaol in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising]]''. It turns out that the armor is actually used to ''control'' Gaol, {{spoiler|, who was a captured spy [[Samus Is a Girl|and is actually a woman]]. After defeating her, she makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] and learns to control the armor herself.}}

* ''[[The Fairly Odd ParentsOddParents]]'': Crocker becomes such a tyrant during [[The Movie]], despite being ridiculous skinny.

* Megabyte in ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'' is a borderline example. His body ''is'' his full metal armor. Though onOn one occasion, Dot calls him a "blue tin coward" when Megabyte didn't show up in a battle.

* Megatron in ''[[Transformers]]'', being the leader of an army of [[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]]s, qualifies. Scorponok even calls the [[Beast Wars]] incarnation one on one occasion.

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