Villains that weren't Pure Evil in their original incarnation but are Pure Evil in a certain newer adaptation. This means that these types of Pure Evils are the evilest incarnation's of one's character. This also applies to Fanon characters that are not Pure Evil in their original version but are in a fanfic version that has been approved on this wiki (e.g. Mewtwo, Rose the Hat, Kirby, Freddy Fazbear, Willy Wonka, Ruby Rose, King Koopa, SpongeBob SquarePants, Mari and Monika)

However, a Pure Evil can't qualify if they were already Pure Evil in their original version even if they are eviler as those belong on the preserved pure evil category (e.g. Scar, Darkseid, Red Skull, Dormammu, Joker, Hugo Strange, Carnage and Taurus Bulba, which also includes fanon characters based on already existing Pure Evils (e.g. Dimentio, Nyarlathotep, Nicky Cavella & Aggregor).

Please do note that only the original first published version that is not Pure Evil with later versions being Pure Evil apply, as unpublished early draft versions of the character are invalid due to usually having little to no interpretation on where they morally scale, and ones that got published after the final draft version was are seen as another version of the first official publication of the character. What should be addressed is that the prototype predating published versions that aren't Pure Evil don't make the official version adaptational because they were not meant to be the official version but only a teaser of the real version.