“ | Judge Claude Frollo longed to purge the world of vice and sin. And he saw corruption everywhere, except within. | „ |
~ Clopin Trouillefou on Judge Claude Frollo. |
“ | Every day, humans come one step closer to self-destruction. I'm not destroying the world, I'm saving it! | „ |
~ Albert Wesker's twisted belief that he is "saving" the world. |
Pure Evils who believe that they are never morally in the wrong regardless of their own enormity. As such they mentally convince themselves that their actions are justified, and/or viewing the people who they wronged as having had it all coming, if not also thinking they are genuinely good people. In other words, they do bad because they think they are doing good. Even if their belief is contradicted by reality, they will still believe it till the end. As they always see themselves as noble and/or justified people, no matter how horrible they truly are, their delusions are a major corrupting quality. Adam Taurus, Ultron, Wallace Breen, Kilgrave, Ego, Shou Tucker, Goku Black, Emperor Belos, Isaac Ray Peram Westcott and Light Yagami are prime examples.
NOTE: Villains that only think of themselves as better than others and are self-righteous (e.g. Syndrome, Emperor Palpatine, Femto, Lord Voldemort, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, Mysterio, Dimitri Rascalov, General Dreykov, Ozai, John Garrett, and Randall Boggs) do not qualify. Those should go under Arrogant and/or Egotists instead. It's mandatory for any delusional Pure Evil villain to think of themselves as actually a good person and keep their mindset even if their actions and motives prove the opposite.
Also, villains who aknowledge their own evilness and take pride in it, but do not exhibit any signs of delusional mindsets, do not qualify (e.g. most versions of Joker, Aku, Contagion, Frieza, Mahito, Freddy Krueger, the Lich, Judge Holden, Mephiles the Dark, Chucky, Ramsay Bolton, and Dio Brando). They can only qualify if they met aforementioned criteria (e.g. Bill Cipher, Junko Enoshima, Yuuki Terumi, Longlegs, Sauron, the End, Scarlet King and Norman Osborn).
These villains are the opposite of Misguided Pure Goods.
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- A.D.A.M.
- Aamon (Dark Prince)
- Aarfy
- Aaron Peel
- Abigail Williams (The Crucible)
- Abomination (2008 Novelization)
- Abomination (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Adam (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
- Adam Sutler
- Adam Taurus
- Admiral Greyfield
- Adolf Hitler (Hunters)
- Adolf Hitler (The Twilight Zone)
- Agatha Trunchbull
- Agent 23
- Agent Trout
- Aggregor (The Final Key)
- Agustin Allende
- Ah Puch
- Ai Magase
- Airachnid
- Akasha (The Vampire Chronicles)
- Akihiro Kurata
- Akio Ohtori
- Akira Takaoka
- Akrasiel
- Alan Jago
- Alan Sylvasta
- Alan Yates
- Albert Contiello
- Albert Wesker
- Aldrich (Dark Souls)
- Aldrich Killian
- Alexia Ashford
- Alfie Blessington
- Alina Gray
- Alistair Pratt
- Alva
- Amshel Goldsmith
- Anders Behring Breivik (22 July)
- Andrei Sator
- Andrew Brandt
- Andrew Scott
- Andross
- Annihilus
- Anthony Lilliman
- Anti-Monitor (Arrowverse)
- Anti-Monitor (DC)
- Anton Chigurh
- Antonio Tabacchi
- Ape Shaman
- Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
- Apollyon
- Ar-Pharazôn
- Arba
- Ares (Next Gen)
- Arjen Rudd
- Arkham (Devil May Cry)
- Arlo Sabian
- Armando Salazar
- Armin Metrac
- Arnim Zola (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Arnim Zola (Marvel)
- Arnold Flass (Batman: Caped Crusader)
- Arthur Goodman
- Arthur Walsh
- Arthur Watts
- Asav
- Asgore Dreemurr (Negativetale)
- Ash Landers
- Asimov (Luminous Avenger iX)
- Audrey Redheart
- Aunt Ruth Chandler
- The Avatar (Red Flood)
- Avon Hertz
- Aya Tokoyogi
- Ayush Patil
- Azar (Genshin Impact)
- Azazel (Tekken)
- Azwel
- Baba Shakti
- Bacon Colonel
- Bacon General
- Badrang the Tyrant
- Bahamut
- Bahavas
- Baron Praxis
- Baron Robotnik
- Bartholomew Bogue
- Bask Om
- Bats
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- Beatrice
- Bellroc
- Benjamin Juma
- Beth
- Bev Keane
- Big Fish Boss
- Bill Carver
- Bill Cipher
- Billy Blim
- Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Black Noir
- Bob Ewell
- Bob Page
- Bob Wolverton
- Brainiac (DC)
- Brainiac (JL/MMPR)
- Brainiac (My Adventures with Superman)
- Brajira of the Messiah
- Brixton Lore
- Brokenstar
- Butch Cavendish
- Caleb
- Cameron Hodge (X-Men: The Animated Series)
- Canaletto
- Captain Morton
- Captain Phasma
- Captain Poison
- Captain Vidal
- Carlton Drake (Sony's Spider-Man Universe)
- Carnage (Marvel)
- Carole
- Carter J. Burke
- Casanova Frankenstein
- Catherine de Medici
- Cecil Creepler
- Cell (Dragon Ball Rise)
- Cesare Borgia (Assassin's Creed)
- Chakravartin
- Champ
- Chancellor Ferdinand
- Chara (Kanon)
- Charles Baskerville
- Charles Holcombe
- Charles Meachum
- Christabella
- Cipher (Fast & Furious)
- Clone Zero
- Cobra Commander (G.I. Joe Film Series)
- Colonel Alexei Zaysen
- Colonel Henry Favours
- Colonel Johnson
- Colonel Muska
- Colonel Volgin
- Colonel William Stuart
- Colonel Zol
- Commodus
- Conal Cochran
- Corporal Gallo
- Cosmos
- Count Veger
- Craster
- Crawford Oberson
- Creature (Night Swim)
- Creeper (Animalia)
- Crispian Davison
- Cronus (Class of the Titans)
- Crooked Man (The Wolf Among Us)
- Cult Leader (Lookism)
- Cypher Reagan
- Cyrus (Pokémon anime)
- D'Spayre (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Dahlia Gillespie
- Damon Killian
- Dandy Mott
- Daniel Whitehall
- Dante
- Darkonda
- Darkseid (DC Animated Movie Universe)
- Darkseid (DC Extended Universe)
- Darth Krayt
- David (The Last of Us)
- David Banner (2003 Novelization)
- David Griffin
- David Prentiss
- David Wheeler
- Davros
- Deacon Frost (Blade)
- Deadpool (Ultimate Marvel)
- Deag Ranak
- Dealer (BraveStarr)
- Dean Karny
- Deathshead
- Decagrammaton
- Demigra
- Deputy Governor Danforth
- Derek Clifford Simmons
- Derek Hunter
- Dermot "Lucky" Quinn
- Dietrich Banning
- Dimentio (Man on the Internet)
- Diodora Astaroth
- Dix Perdix
- Doctor Octopus (Amazing Spider-Man)
- Dolores Umbridge
- Dominique Baldwin
- Donald McClintock
- Donquixote Doflamingo
- Dr. Alexander Isaacs