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* ''[[Watchmen]]'': {{spoiler|Ozymandias slaughtered half of New York, killing millions, in an attempt to save the rest of the world from a nuclear apocalypse.}}
* [[X-Men|Magneto]], at his most [[Anti-Villain]], wants only to prevent mutantkind from undergoing the same persecution he did in WWII. Sometimes this means creating a private island / satellite for mutants, other times it means actively subjugating the human race to ensure they will never be a threat.
* The [[Villain Protagonist]] of the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' fanfic ''The Council Era'', a salarian known as Tyrin Lieph, dreams of uniting the galaxy as a singular utopia. His [[Worthy Opponent]] Halak Marr seeks to overthrow the Citadel and establish the krogan as a sole-surviving [[Master Race]]. Their conflicting visions eventually erupt into the Krogan Rebellions.▼
* Loki, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[My Little Avengers]]''. While he may appear to be doing things [[For the Evulz]] at first, it's eventually made clear that he has a vision of a world ruled by magic (preferably with him in charge, natch), and the entire plot is revealed to be one big [[Gambit Roulette]] dedicated to bringing this goal about. {{spoiler|When he's defeated and killed, he still manages to die happy, knowing that the magic released by his death will permanently mutate Equestria, bringing his vision to fruition.}}▼
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'''Noah Cross:''' The future, Mr. Gittes! The future. }}
* [[Lex Luthor]] in the [[Superman]] films counts as this to some extent. Even if the ''goals'' of his plans (to make himself very rich and/or powerful,) are fairly generic, the sheer ''scale'' of what he attempts ([[Superman|causing the west coast of America to fall into the sea]] and [[Superman Returns|building new continents based on Kryptonian technology]]) is undeniably impressive.
== Music ==▼
* A variant on this trope: In [[The Protomen]]'s album ''The Father of Death'', Drs. Light and Wily work together on a massive automaton network, ostensibly so that everyone would be safe, secure, and not have to worry about dying on the job. {{spoiler|Of course, Wily's the one who ultimately gains control of the network, ruining Light's reputation in the process. Not to mention the fact that Light realizes that [[My God, What Have I Done?|creating the network was a mistake...]] }}▼
{{quote|"They've waited so long for this day / Someone to take the death away / No son would ever have to say / My father worked into his grave..." - Dr. Light, ''The Good Doctor''}}▼
* [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] music projects seem prone to this: one of Wily's goals as told by [[The Megas]] is to replace humans with robots, which he believes are superior.▼
▲== Fan Fiction ==
▲* The [[Villain Protagonist]] of the [[Mass Effect]] fanfic The Council Era, a salarian known as Tyrin Lieph, dreams of uniting the galaxy as a singular utopia. His [[Worthy Opponent]] Halak Marr seeks to overthrow the Citadel and establish the krogan as a sole-surviving [[Master Race]]. Their conflicting visions eventually erupt into the Krogan Rebellions.
▲* Loki, [[Big Bad]] of ''[[My Little Avengers]]''. While he may appear to be doing things [[For the Evulz]] at first, it's eventually made clear that he has a vision of a world ruled by magic (preferably with him in charge, natch), and the entire plot is revealed to be one big [[Gambit Roulette]] dedicated to bringing this goal about. {{spoiler|When he's defeated and killed, he still manages to die happy, knowing that the magic released by his death will permanently mutate Equestria, bringing his vision to fruition.}}
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== Live-Action TV ==
* On ''[[Heroes]]'', most of the [[Big Bad]]s (Mr. Linderman, Adam Monroe, and Arthur Petrelli) are Visionary Villains. Linderman is a [[Dark Messiah]] whose plan to "heal the world" begins with the destruction of New York City, Monroe is a [[Misanthrope Supreme]] who wants to kill off 93% of the human race with a super-virus, and Petrelli is a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who wants to use a [[Super Serum]] to [[Evilutionary Biologist|move the human race up the evolutionary ladder]].
▲== Music ==
▲* A variant on this trope: In [[The Protomen]]'s album ''The Father of Death'', Drs. Light and Wily work together on a massive automaton network, ostensibly so that everyone would be safe, secure, and not have to worry about dying on the job. {{spoiler|Of course, Wily's the one who ultimately gains control of the network, ruining Light's reputation in the process. Not to mention the fact that Light realizes that [[My God, What Have I Done?|creating the network was a mistake...]] }}
▲{{quote|"They've waited so long for this day / Someone to take the death away / No son would ever have to say / My father worked into his grave..." - Dr. Light, ''The Good Doctor''}}
▲* ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'' music projects seem prone to this: one of Wily's goals as told by [[The Megas]] is to replace humans with robots, which he believes are superior.
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* Seymour in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' wants to end the cycle of life and death on Spira... by killing everyone on the planet.
* Cyrus from ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl]]'', who wants to destroy the world and then re-create it as a world with no emotion, knowledge, or willpower, claiming that these things that make up "spirit" only lead to pain and conflict.
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* Although his vision is not clearly revealed, Chase Young from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' fits this trope.
* Nerissa in the animated series and comic ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'', who [[Fallen Hero|betrayed her teammates]] and later attempted to conquer the universe, claiming to seek an end to all war and conflict.
* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Fire Lord Sozin]] wanted to "share [the Fire Nation's] prosperity with the rest of the world." This ended up involving the betrayal of his best friend, the invasion and colonization of the Earth Kingdom, the ([[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod|near-]])complete genocide of the Air Nomads, and raids against the Water Tribes. This "[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|Great March of Civilization]]" remains the Fire Nation's propaganda, but Sozin's grandson [[Big Bad|Ozai]] just wants to ''rule'' the world {{spoiler|-- even if it's nothing but ashes}}.
== Real Life ==
* [[Adolf Hitler]] and most other leading [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazis]], who contrary to early political and academic assertions that their entire movement was purely in pursuit of power for its own sake (a so-called "nihilist revolution"), were in fact very much motivated by their deeply racist ideology for initiating [[World War II]]. The [[Take Over the World|aggressive conquest of other nations]] and the industrialized murder of millions of people were ultimately supposed to secure complete domination of Europe for [[Nazi Germany]], and to expand the population of the
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▲* ANY "Great" Villain is this. The other trait that Visionary Villain share asides from Big Brain and Silver Tongue is being a Loser, even if it's only in hindsight. If they won, nobody would dare call them a Villain.
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