Thread:RRabbit42/@comment-366087-20160318155751/@comment-366087-20160505095523

We also have Category:The Heavy, Category:Big Bads, and Category:Bigger Bads.

Regardless of main/major/etc, The Heavy moves most of the action in a particular plot/arc. Big Bad is for when there are more than one of the Villain Scale and or Heavys. For example, The Dazzlings is a Trio. They are all Mains since as a group they act more or less as one/equals. However one of them, Adagio Dazzle, is clearly the leader as well as Group Namesake, so she is both a Main and Big Bad.

Bigger Bad would be if there was someone who hires or is superior to *them*. Usually a late or later reveal (the so-called "hidden").

So with both the Simplified Villainy Scale, -and- Plot Role, nearly every villain can be defined.

Incidentally, we're retiring the game-specific terms of "Bosses", "Final Bosses", and "Super Bosses" as both too-media specific and a retread of Big/Bigger Bads. Plus editors were misusing them by not following the media-distinctions and adding ALL.