“ | 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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- A.M.I.
- A.O. Neville (Rabbit-Proof Fence)
- Aarfy
- Aaron Davis (Earth-42)
- Abdulla
- Abeloth
- Abigail Williams (The Crucible)
- Abobo
- Abominable Snow Monster
- Abraham (My Virtual Escape)
- Abstract Daddy
- Abusive Father
- Abyzou (demonology)
- Aconcagua
- Adam Sutler
- Adam Taurus
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Addiction Demon
- Adelaide
- Adenoid Hynkel
- Adler (SIGNALIS)
- Admiral Atticus Noble
- Admiral-General Aladeen
- Adolf Hitler (Captain Planet)
- Adolf Hitler (Disney)
- Adolf Hitler (Jojo Rabbit)
- Adolf Hitler (Popeye the Sailor Man)
- Adolf Hitler (The Twilight Zone)
- ADR-01: Jeri Type
- Adriana Petrescu
- Agatha (Dark Deception)
- Agatha Trunchbull
- Agent Smith (The Matrix)
- Agent Trout
- Agents (The Matrix)
- Agâh Beyoğlu
- Ahab
- Ahmed (The Sky Lighter)
- Ahri
- Ai Magase
- Ainz Ooal Gown
- Aircraft Carrier Princess
- Aisrehdar
- Akhenaten
- Akio Ohtori
- Aku
- Akudaikan
- Alan (Daisy Brown)
- Alan Yates
- Albert Contiello
- Albert Warren
- Alduin
- Alec Stoke-d'Urberville
- Alex (Elephant)
- Alexander Anderson
- Alexander Luthor, Sr.
- Alfred Hitchcock (The Girl)
- Alice (The Scribbler)
- Alice Cooper
- Alice Morgan
- Alice Twilight
- Alien Invaders (The Monsters are Due on Maple Street)
- User:AlienDutch5
- Alister Azimuth
- All For One
- Allen Avadonia
- Alli (Hatching 2022)
- Alonzo Harris
- Aloysius O'Hare
- Alpha Male
- Alyce
- Alyona (Winter Moon)
- AM
- Amanozako
- Amazons (mythology)
- Amber Freeman
- Amberfuce
- Amnion
- Amon (StarCraft)
- Anakim
- Anarky (Arkhamverse)
- Ancient Ones
- Andariel
- Andrew DeSalvo
- Andrew Ryan
- André Linoge
- Andy Evans (Book)
- Andy Evans (Movie)
- Angel (Hellblazer)
- Angel Dog/Devil Dog
- Angel of Death (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen)
- Angra Mainyu
- Animdude
- Ankou
- Anna Morgan
- Antasma
- Anti-God
- Anti-Spiral
- Antichrist (theology)
- Anton Chigurh
- Anton Montay
- Anuxa
- Apocalypse (Marvel)
- Apocalypse (X-Men Movies)
- Apocalypse (X-Men: The Animated Series)
- Apocalypse Ponies
- Apollyon
- Apple Bloom's Shadow
- Arcadius
- Arceus
- Archons (SCP Foundation)
- Ardyn Izunia
- Ares (DC Extended Universe)
- Argus (Shadow of the Colossus)
- Arkosaurus
- Arnold Friend
- Arquette
- Arthur (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Arthur Morgan
- Arthur Slugworth (Wonka)
- Arts and Crafters
- Ashtaroth, Baal and Cankerworm
- Askeladd
- Aslan and Jadis the White Witch
- Asmodeus (demonology)
- Asphyxia
- Assorted Monsters in Calvin's room
- Asura (Soul Eater)
- Atrocity
- Attic Basement & Beyond Shadow
- Attila Mellanchini
- Audrey (Descendants)
- Aunt Lydia (Film)
- Aunt Lydia (Novel)
- Avion
- Axon
- Ayanami
- Azathoth
- Azazel (Supernatural)
- Azor
- Azula (Avatar)
- Bacterion
- Bad Apple (Funny Face)
- Bad Apple (VeggieTales)
- Bad Rayman
- Badeline
- Baekmorae
- Bael
- Bahamut (Final Fantasy XV)
- Baigujing (Journey to the West)
- Baigujing (The Monkey King)
- Baldi
- Ballser
- Balrogs
- Bandits (The Good Samaritan)
- Bane (D&D)
- Bane (DC Animated Universe)
- Baphomet (folklore)
- Baphomet (V/H/S/2)
- Barba (Shadow of the Colossus)
- Barbas (Charmed)
- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
- Bart Dawson
- Bart Simpson (Toy Gory)
- Basaran
- Basil's Something
- Bastion (Marvel)
- Bath Foam
- Bathroom Shadow
- Batman the Silenced
- Bats (folklore)
- Batta Deadman
- Battletide
- Bayagototh
- Baylan Skoll
- Beast (Date A Live)
- Beast Pack
- Beautiful Day Monster
- Beetlemon's Shadow
- Beetles
- Behemoth (Kingdom Hearts)
- Beldams
- Beliar
- Belphegor (demonology)
- Ben Gardner
- Benito Mussolini (Pinocchio)
- Benjamin Krupp
- Benson Dunwoody
- Berg (The Holy Mountain)
- Berg Katse
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- Bernkastel
- Bertolt Hoover
- Bertrand Zobrist