Thread:LostGod2000/@comment-27818776-20140910025107/@comment-1762629-20140910031135

It's alright. I see it this way: while Ghetsis can be said to be characterized as a Monster (aside from Darkrai and Purple Eyes, he's the most straightforwardly evil character in Pokemon) not only does he fail the heinous standard (nothing implied death with his plot in the second game, freezing the character or freezing Unova over regardless, in comparison to Cyrus and Lysandre who were out to kill billions, Purple Eyes who did the whole "straight evil guy" stick better, and Darkrai, who played mental abuse much better and much more severely) his actions are just a little too mild to count him. He's not much different than what I'd expect from a somewhat nasty cartoon villain, but not much else.

As for Rasputin, he did kill quite a few people, but he doesn't stand out in any other way and I also believe it's standard villainy. Smaug couldn't really count because in the good VS evil forces in Tolkien's universe, Smaug was a neutral force who was willing to stay put as long as no one tresspassed onto his domain. His greed could be explained by natural behavior and his razing of two towns is small time compared to Sauron, Morgoth, or even Saruman to an extent.