User blog comment:Ngh93/What REALLY makes a villain a Complete Monster?/@comment-27818776-20150326235216/@comment-1672596-20150327232922

Yeah, and somehow The Boss is exempted from the trope despite doing the exact same actions late in the game that Volgin did in the beginning and clearly had no remorse for what she did (and if anything, she actually was treated like a misunderstood tragic hero and barely even a villain even in her debut game, to say little about the succeeding games, DESPITE what she did with Groznyj Grad and Graniny Gorki, which BTW if Volgin did that he would rightfully be considered a CM.). That's how broken it is. When two people who do the exact same things don't both get the title of Complete Monster, it's pretty clear something's wrong with the category.

And being the "Mistress of All Evil" is as heinous as one can get, as is trying to kill a child (in fact, that's another reason why I actually object to Frollo getting the CM title, since he clearly doesn't outrank Maleficent in terms of malice, nor does he even outrank the Evil Queen who doesn't even have that title, or even Lady Tremaine, or Ursula, not to mention Frollo at least had remorse, which none of the other Disney Villains even have.).

And BTW, Palpatine basically did standard villainy as well, yet he's a CM anyways, even when he did something that can qualify as redeemable by saving Vader's life [his actor certainly considered it redeemable, and he is adamant that Palpatine was born evil]. So did Albert Wesker. And in-universe at least, Vader IS considered a CM despite being redeemed, even after the fact. Funnily enough the Patriots AIs are somehow exempt from the trope despite actually meeting many of the qualifications. And Agent Smith is considered a Complete Monster despite the so-called heroes of the Matrix Trilogy knowingly engaging in mass murder all for the sake of nihilistic anarchy. Heck, Volgin is considered a CM despite technically having a positive quality in terms of genuinely caring for Raikov.