“ | Kill me? Is that really the right thing to do? Since Kira's appearance six years ago, wars have stopped, and global crime rates have been reduced by over 70%. But it's not enough! This world is still rotten, with too many rotten people! | „ |
~ Light Yagami points out how he has been maintaining the order of the society. |
“ | Starscream: ...and I cannot believe you would take our alliances for granted; helping to restore your memories, saving Arcee's life... Optimus Prime: While you have, at times, proved beneficial to us, it has been only to further your own interests. Starscream: Well, we all can't be as selfless as you now, can we? |
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~ A conversation between Starscream and Optimus Prime, the latter correctly dismissing the former's instances of helpfulness to the Autobots as him being self-serving. |
Pure Evils who are needed to keep a level of order within a setting. In spite of the evil these villains commit, their presence is necessary to maintain a level of order. Their status, knowledge, occupation, powers and skills are necessary to upholding order in the setting they are in. Despite being needed to maintain order or provide services, this is not a redeeming quality as these villains remain as a level of danger to others around them and are abusive of the powers that they have. Furthermore, it is possible for them to be deemed no longer necessary at some late point in their stories, especially when they finally cross some line to warrant their ultimate downfall.
This is also for villains whose evil actions lead to necessary beneficial consequences. This also isn't a redeeming quality since such beneficial consequences were not even intentional by the villain and it can't erase the damage already caused by the villain's actions that lead to such beneficial events, or in many cases, such benefits were provided out of pragmatism to make the offenders seem tolerable in comparison to other threats or detriments, or more often than not out of (hypocritical) pragmatism.
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Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog) -
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- D'Ken (X-Men: The Animated Series)
- Dante
- Darkseid (DC Animated Movie Universe)
- Darkseid (DC)
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- Demise (The Legend of Zelda)
- Dimentio (Super Mario)
- Dimentio (Super Paper Mario 2: The Seven Sorcerers)
- Doc Scratch
- Dolores Umbridge
- Don Thousand
- Dormammu (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Dormammu (Marvel)
- Dormammu (Spider-Man: The Animated Series)
- Dr. Emil Harting
- Dr. Robotnik (SatAM)
- Dr. Roosevelt
- Drej Queen Susquehana
- Gabriel Yulaw
- Gaia (Dark Multiverse)
- Galvatron (Generation One)
- Ganon (Downfall Timeline)
- General Dreykov
- General Modula
- General Viggo
- Gihren Zabi
- God
- God (Supernatural)
- God (That's Why I Love Mankind)
- God Neros
- Gorilla Grodd (DC)
- Grand Moff Tarkin
- Great Leader
- Green Goblin (Peter David)
- Grimmel the Grisly
- Lady Van Tassel
- Lee Chaolan (1998 Film)
- Leo Kasper
- Leviticus Cornwall
- Lewis Dodgson (Universal Pictures)
- Lex Luthor (Superman/Batman)
- Light Yagami
- Lilith (Supernatural)
- Lockdown (Transformers: Animated)
- Loco (The Great Silence)
- Loki (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
- Lord Cutler Beckett
- Lord Drakkon
- Lord Embryo
- Lord English
- Lucemon
- Maker (Ultimate Marvel)
- Makuta Teridax
- Manager of the Princess Imperial
- Mari (Hands)
- Marlo Stanfield
- Masato Kusaka
- Masato Mishima
- Medusa (Legend Quest)
- Medusa (Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief)
- Megatron (Transformers vs. The Terminator)
- Megatron (Transformers: Animated)
- Megatronus Prime (Generation One)
- Mephisto (Ghost Rider Films)
- Metal Kor
- Micah Bell
- Michael (Apocalypse World)
- Monika (Madame Macabre)
- Morgoth
- Mr Chuckle Teeth