“ | Humans, your existence is a mistake. War, cheating, jealously, greed. You once made me lose everything. But now I'll devour everything. Because I am the Houkai. | „ |
~ The Herrscher of the Void describing herself to be the Apocalypse. |
“ | We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. | „ |
~ Evey Hammond describing V. |
Symbolic villains are evildoers representing an entirely larger concept than themselves. For example, Madame Defarge of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities is symbolic of the French lower-class hatred of aristocracy as well as the bloodlust driving the French Revolution. Additionally, every major villain in Captain Planet and the Planeteers (e.g. Captain Pollution) symbolized a certain ecological disaster. It's also common for Death Gods to symbolize the concept of death itself.
Although literally any villain could be called symbolic just for symbolizing one type of evil (stealing, vandalizing, usurping, killing, torturing, etc.), these villains come from a story that has a STRONG THEME AND MORAL and represent accepting or denying those themes. That's why ensemble villains are unlikely to count as they are always switching roles, unless they still symbolize a clear theme.
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- David King
- Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Deacon Blackfire (Arkhamverse)
- Deadpool (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Dealer (Mega Man Star Force)
- Dean Armitage
- Dean Domino
- Death (Final Destination)
- Death (Ghostbusters)
- Death (Harry Potter)
- Death (Netflix's Castlevania)
- Death (Puss in Boots)
- Death (Regular Show)
- Death (Six-String Samurai)
- Death (South Park)
- Death (The Simpsons)
- Death Devil
- Death Girl
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- Death Stench
- Deathcula
- Deathshead
- Decency Squad
- Defector
- Defenders of Jericho
- Degwin Sodo Zabi
- Deities (Dwarf Fortress)
- Delia York
- Delirium
- Delu-Knight
- Demaon
- Dementors
- Demi-Fiend
- Demise (The Legend of Zelda)
- Demiurge (theology)
- Demogorgon (D&D)
- Demon (The Little Sneak)
- Demon Bear (X-Men Movies)
- Demon Cats (Pluto's Judgement Day)
- Demon Child
- Demon in Your Head
- Demon Kings
- Demon of Destruction
- Demon of Hatred
- Demonic Entity
- Demonic Spirit
- Demons (Cowboys & Aliens)
- Demons (Somebody's Watching Me)
- Demons (The Garden of Earthly Delights)
- Demons (theology)
- Demushu
- Depression
- Derek Clifford Simmons
- Desire (The Sandman)
- Desk Man
- Despair (Endless)
- Despero (DC Animated Universe)
- Destructive Force
- DethI
- Devil (Six Guns)
- Devil (Tekken)
- Devil Hulk
- Devil of All Earth
- Devils (Chainsaw Man)
- Dez & Edele Hansel
- Dharkon
- Di Radfield
- Diablo (Diablo)
- Diana Walter
- Diavolo
- Dick Hardly
- Dietrich Troy
- Dino Geist
- Dippy Fresh
- Dirge (Shadow of the Colossus)
- DJ Sagara
- Djel Sannes
- Doc Seismic
- Doctor Mazenda
- Doctor Money
- Doctor Octopus (Marvel)
- Doctor Purnell
- Dodge (Locke & Key TV Series)
- Dodge (Locke & Key)
- Dog (Over the Garden Wall)
- Dogma (The Binding of Isaac)
- Dolf
- Doll Master
- Dolmanstein
- Doma (Demon Slayer)
- Dominic Greene
- Don Armage
- Don Santos
- Donald Duck's Raw Anger
- Donald Menken (The Amazing Spider-Man)
- Donald Trump (The Simpsons)
- Donestre
- Dongsoo Seon
- Donquixote Doflamingo
- Doom Ducky
- Doom's Bride
- Doomsday (DC Extended Universe)
- Door Gunner
- Doris (Them)
- Dormammu (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Doug Houser's mother
- Doña Bárbara
- Dr. Angus Bumby
- Dr. Anna May
- Dr. Blight
- Dr. Bob
- Dr. Cleveland
- Dr. Coulmiere
- Dr. Everett Righteous
- Dr. Henry Frankenstein
- Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik
- Dr. Ivo Robotnik (Sonic the Comic)
- Dr. Ivo Robotnik (USA)
- Dr. Jango Tarantino
- Dr. Lois Shmieckel-Turner
- Dr. Mugg
- Dr. Ranbir Sartain
- Dr. Roy Curien
- Dr. Royer-Collard
- Dr. Slicer
- Dr. Strangelove
- Dr. Terwilliker
- Dracula (The Last Voyage of the Demeter)
- Dragon (The Pagemaster)
- Dragon Eye
- Dragon Minosaur
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- Draias
- Dread Duckies
- Dream Lord
- Dreamgeist
- Drekavac
- Drop Dead Fred
- Drowned God
- Drowning Doom
- Duke Nukem
- Duke of Weselton (Frozen)
- Durza
- Dusk
- Dwayne LaPistol
- Dylan Fuentes
- Dynamir
- Earl Shi
- East India Trading Company
- Echidna (Re:Zero)
- Eclipse (Horizon)
- Eclipse Leo
- Eclipso
- Edna (I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream)
- Edward Hyde
- Edwin Epps
- Eggman Empire
- Eggman Empire (Archie)
- Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Egyptian Guard
- El (Gaslight)
- El Cucuy (Halloween Horror Nights)
- El Patrón
- Elder Dragons
- Elder Shrooboid
- Eldia
- Eldian Restorationists
- Eleanor Reigns
- Element Cluster
- Elemental Dragon
- Elements of Doom
- Eli Mills
- Eli Raphelson
- Elijah Madnar
- Elizabeth Bathory (What Once Was Mine)
- Ellen Mira Mathers
- Emperor Belos
- Emperor Cain
- Emperor Daibazaal
- Emperor Hirohito (Popeye the Sailor Man)
- Emperor Ing
- Emperor of Darkness Z
- Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars)
- Emperor Tathagata Killer
- Emperor Zu Zambajil (Voltes V)
- Enclave
- Enemy (Name Your Own)
- Enigma (Marvel)
- Enigma (SCP Foundation)
- Entity (SCP-5000)
- Entity (Skinamarink)
- Entropy
- Envies (The Binding of Isaac)
- Envy (Actraiser)
- Envy (Darksiders)
- Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Eradicator (Dark Multiverse)
- Eradicus
- Erebus (Persona)
- Eren Yeager