User blog comment:AdrianC385/Villains that should be added as Pure Evil/@comment-9415978-20180319214138/@comment-30634893-20180323223555

Well, there's no disagreeing with that. Porkey's parents were fairly abusive towards him and his brother. However, as I look more at the plot of the games, I really think that doesn't disqualify him.

Sure, Porkey's bullying and obnoxious behaviour in Earthbound was more than likely a result of the abuse he went through, but as the game goes on, he continues to act horribly even when his parents aren't in a ten mile radius, and he has the freedom and power to do what ever he chooses, and yet he still antagonizes Ness and his friends out of pure malice. He becomes a priest of the Happy Happyist Cult (kidnapping Paula for a sacrifice), a business advisor for Geldegarde Monotoli, and finally Giygas' right-hand, all out of the pursuit of power and control. Hell, he even helps his father become rich through Monotoli, and there's no implications his dad threatened to beat him if he did otherwise.

And then there's Mother 3, where he masterminds the death of Lucas' mom, the brainwashing of Claus, the abuse and mutation of thousands of animals, and all the other horrible events of the game just so the Dark Dragon can be released and destroy everyone excluding himself. And he did literally all of this because he was bored.

In my opinion, the little bits of insecurity he has don't really make up for any of that.