Villains Wiki:Types of Villains M-P

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An alphabetical listing of villains by type.

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 * Magician: A villain who wields magical powers or abilities.
 * Male: A villain who is a male.
 * Malefactors: Troublemakers who engage in cantankerous and loutish behavior and acts of vandalism.
 * Martial Artist: A villain who is very skilled at martial arts or any form of hand-to-hand combat.
 * Master Manipulator: A villain who is very good at manipulating people and getting what they want.
 * Master Orator: A villain who is very skilled at speaking and uses persuasion to get what they want.
 * Mastermind: The step above Evil Genius. A being of perfect intelligence and very scheming nature, who devises complicated plans, notices the smallest details and skillfully manipulates people.
 * Mechanically Modified: A cyborg or person with robotic attachments which give them superhuman abilities.
 * Mentally Ill: Villains who has any type of psychological disorder or commit extremely atrocious acts that no sane individuals would think it acceptable to take villainy to the degree that they do. They can be very tragic, since the trait of being mentally unstable is being unable to tell right from wrong; nevertheless, many of them are also Pure Evil.
 * Mercenaries: Villains who work primarily for monetary gain and are willing to serve whoever pays them the most.
 * Merfolk: Villains who are half-men, half fish such as gill-men & mermaids.
 * Military: Any villain who is in the military.
 * Mind-Breakers: Villains who drive people insane with evil psychics or torture.
 * Minion: Someone who serves directly under a more powerful villain and is considered insignificant in comparison.
 * Mischievous: Villains who are playful and rowdy.
 * Misogynist: A villain who has an open hatred or disrespect of women.
 * Misandrist: A villain who has an open hatred or disrespect of men. The gender bent version of above type.
 * Misanthrope: A villain who openly hates or despises humanity.
 * Mobsters: Crime Lords who tend to be higher-class and more organized than regular crime lords.
 * Monarchs: Villains who are monarchs or have a royal title.
 * Mongers: Villains who promote detrimental activities or feelings in order to get what they want.
 * Monster: Any villain who is a non–humanoid creature not resembling anything existing in real life, such as aliens, demons and fantasy creatures.
 * Monster Master: A villain who controls monsters.
 * Multi-beings: Villains with more than one entity whether it is mental or physical.
 * Murderer: Any villain who kills an innocent person or any other being. Not to be mistaken with Serial Killers who kill several people.
 * Muses: Individuals or organizations who inspires others despite their villainous traits.
 * Mutated: Villains who undergo a mutation/transformation during the course of a story. This is not to be confused with Mutants, who are established as being born with their mutated properties.
 * Mute: A villain who doesn't speak.
 * Mutilators: Villains who are extremely dangerous and mutilate their victims.

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 * Nameless: Villains without names, or whose names remain unknown at the end of the story.
 * Nazis: Villains that are and/or were members of the Nazi Party, believe in the Nazi ideology or have traits of Nazi's leaders.
 * Necessary Evil: Villains that serve a very important function and need to be kept around, no matters how bloodthirsty they are.
 * Necromancers: Evil sorcerers or witches with power over death and the departed, able to raise undeads and drain life.
 * Nemesis: A villain that the protagonist somehow helped to create by some past action.
 * Nihilist: A villain who believes that life has no purpose and no meaning, including their own. Many of them can be Pure Evil as they usually have no standards.
 * Ninja: A villain who is a ninja.
 * Noncorporeal: Spirits, Ghosts, Wraiths, and anything or anyone that can walk through walls and other forms of solid. Usually deceased, but can be from a realm not completely in-phase with ours.

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 * Obsessed: Villains who are completely obsessed with something other than power.
 * Omnipotent: The most powerful villain possible, who possesses infinite power and unlimited potential, being able to do whatever they want with no limitations, making them all but impossible to defeat.
 * Omniscient: Villains who are capable of unlimited knowledge and know literally anything and everything.
 * On &amp; Off: A character who alternates between being antagonistic or friendly.
 * One-Man Army: A villain who poses a serious threat to dozens, if not hundreds, of enemies of the same strength without the aid of allies.
 * Opportunists: Villains who exploit circumstances to gain immediate advantage rather than being guided by consistent principles or plans.
 * Oppressors: Villains who demean, victimize and/or demoralize entire societies.
 * Organizations: An organization or company that is run by evil influences. Often the main villain of the story is affiliated with an evil organization that is present in the same story.
 * Outlaw: A villain who is a criminal in the Wild West.
 * Outcast: A villain who has no status on society, often exiled by the people, and are despised by many.

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 * Paranoid: Villains who live in a deep fear of being harmed or weakened of someone.
 * Parasite: Parasitical life forms live off an unfortunate host to survive. Parasites generally are also greedy and small in size. This wiki also includes bacteria and viruses in this category since they often function similarly to parasites.
 * Parents: Villains who are parents. Adoptive and step-parents also qualify.
 * Partners in Crime: A duo of villains that work together to cause evil, terror, crime, and mayhem.
 * Pawns: A villain that is being manipulated by another villain. Pawns are generally controlled unknowingly.
 * Perverts: Villains who have abnormal sexual behavior.
 * Pirate: A villain who is a pirate.
 * Poachers: Villains who hunt immorally.
 * Polluters: Villains who commit crimes against the environment.
 * Power Hungry: Villains whose main goal is getting obtaining power, whether it be by manipulation or sheer force.
 * Possessed Object: Objects that are somehow alive, can range from things as small as a music-box to as large as an entire town.
 * Possessor: Villains who have the supernatural ability to possess others.
 * Possessed/Brainwashed: A villain who have been possessed/brainwashed by another villain to do his/her bidding.
 * Predator: A villainous creature who hunts for prey and tries to kill it.
 * Presumed Deceased: Villains who are expected to be dead, but their dead haven't been fully confirmed yet.
 * Propagandists: Villains that use propaganda to influence the masses towards a particular goal, ideal, cause, or position.
 * Protagonist: A villain who is the main character of their story.
 * Protective: Villains who take care of someone (usually their loved one's, or minions).
 * Provoker: A villain who has wronged the hero so badly that it makes a more personal rivalry between them. The hero will often act on rage to stop this villain and not just for defensive purposes.
 * Psychics: Villains who use their mind as their most important weapon, including reading minds and manipulating thoughts.
 * Psychological Abusers: Villains who abuse others psychologically, convincing their victims that they are ugly, disgusting, worthless, etc.
 * Psychopaths: Villains show traits and symptoms of antisocial personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, or paranoid personality disorder. Usually violently insane and disturbed.
 * Pure Evil: The worst kind of villain. Complete monsters who lack even the slightest of redeeming qualities, this should rarely if ever be used in the type of villain section, but if the villain is extremely heinous, they can still be classified as that in their type of villain section.