Like in Monsters Inc. Randall Boggs has the most screen time and is the primary antagonist Mike and Sulley battle and attempts to kidnap Boo repeatedly. He drives the plot for the most part. But the entire thing was Henry Waternoose’s plan and he’s the final antagonist Mike and Sulley face.

Another example - Count Bleck is the central antagonist of SPM, because story focused on him, while Dimentio is the main antagonist, because he planned most of events in the game and he's final boss.

Yeah exactly.

DImentio may be the evilest villain ever. Trying to destroy the multiverse inverse is the worst possible goal possible ever and would kill beyond trillions.

Actually, God from Supernatural is probably a good example now that I’m thinking about it. The way he was manipulating the events of the show for 15 years, and seeks to destroy the multiverse and already killed trillions himself. That’s probably a good main antagonist example.

Whereas Lucifer is a good central antagonist of the show.

Funny what just occurs to me sometimes

Another example-Looking at Halloween 6, the main antagonist is Michael Myers, and the Central Antagonist would be Terrence Wynn

Kylo Ren is the central antagonist in the sequel trilogy, and Palpatine is the main, overarching antagonist

@Romeo and Robot Not exactly sure why you're acting like Dimentio is the only villain ever who's done that or that it's an original goal in general.

He’s the only villain I know of that has done it. People just say Palpatine is the evilest ever but I just know Dimentio isn’t worse than him therefore he’s arguably the evilest villain.

The Main Antagonist is basically the cause of the conflict.

The Central Antagonist drives the plot and has the most screen-time.