“ | We're all different from you. You see, we were born different. It's in our blood. And nothing that you do or say or steal... or dream up can ever change that. | „ |
~ Tom Buchanan proclaiming his innate superiority over the equally wealthy Jay Gatsby. |
Villains who believe in the superiority of those with a higher social status and greater amounts of wealth. The idea itself is not necessarily villainous (though it is not terribly noble either), but there are nevertheless many villains throughout fiction with that worldview, usually shown as enemies of heroes who come from poor or middle-class backgrounds. Many of these villains tend to be obsessed with the manners, wealth, and clothes of others.
Elitists are often of the Lawful or Neutral Evil alignment, since they deeply value their status within a society and use it to look down on others, at its most extreme it can manifest such cruel behavior as support of slavery, the suppression of the poor or socially awkward, active bullying / shunning of "outsiders" and even the outright torture or murder of those deemed socially "unappealing" (though this would ultimately cross them into becoming a Genocidal character)
In most stories the Chaotic Good hero is the archetypical enemy of these kinds of characters, especially folk heroes and trickster heroes - who delight in making those of snobbish nature suffer for their unjust actions towards the poor (whom the "good" aligned would argue are the people most in need of the aid of those of higher wealth or social rank).
-
Makima -
Light Yagami -
Nagito Komaeda -
Dio Brando -
Emperor Palpatine -
Azula -
Mister Sinister -
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear
All items (1360)
- A-Squad Power Rangers
- A.O. Neville (Rabbit-Proof Fence)
- Aarfy
- Abaddon (Arknthology)
- Abigail Hill
- Abigail Williams (Murdered: Soul Suspect)
- Abu'l Nuqoud
- Ackdos Gill
- Adair
- Adalrico Candelaria
- Adel (Kamen Rider Ghost)
- Admiral Alfonso
- Admiral Greyfield
- Adrian Ripburger
- Adytum's Wake
- Aerys II Targaryen
- Agatha Cackle
- Ajay Narang
-
- Akane Akenawa
- Akaza
- Aki Myojin
- Akito Sohma
- Albert de Blois
- Alberto Del Rio
- Aldia
- Aldrich Killian (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Aldrin Klordane
- Aleema Keto
- Alex Rosewater
- Alexa Christine Carlisle
- Alexei Dionia
- Alexia Ashford
- Alexia Ashford (The Darkside Chronicles)
- Alfred Ashford
- Alianna
-
- Alice Morgan
- Alighiero Alighieri
- Alistair Kreig
- Alliser Thorne
- Allistair Tenpenny
- Almighty Tallests
- Alora
- Aloysius O'Hare
- Alpha Betas
- Alvaro D'Alvade
- Amanda Matthews
- Amber Von Tussle
- Amycus Carrow
- Anastasia Tremaine
- Andrei Sator
- Andrew Milton
- Andrew Ryan
- Andrew Walters (Ip Man)
- Angelica Pickles
- Angelika Santibañez
- Anne Gillette
- Annihilus
- Anthony James Marston
- Anthony L. Troutt
- Anti-Cosmo
- Archbishop Saw
- Archbishop Thordan VII
- Archibald Snatcher
- Arcturus Mengsk
- Argath
- Aria (Akame Ga Kill!)
- Aria's Parents
- Ariel Augustus
- Arihnda Pryce
-
- Arkaam
- Arlo Sabian
- Armed Brain Army Volt
- Artemis Fowl
- Arthur Edwards
- Arthur Savage
- Asav
- Assassin of Red (Fate/Apocrypha)
- Athena Savalas
- The Auditor
- August Rosenbluth
- Aurelia Hammerlock
- Axell Florent
- Ayesha
- Azami Nakiri
- Azula
- Azulon
- B. Emerson Plunkett V
- B.P. Richfield
- Bagra Army
- Bahamut (Final Fantasy XV)
- Barack Obama (The Cleveland Show)
- Barashitara
- Barkis Bittern
- Baron (Oblivion Island)
- Baron Barracuda
- Baron Bomburst
- Baron Karza
- Baron Merillion Tarko
- Baron Nero
- Baron Praxis
- Baron Silas Greenback
- Baron Vladimir Harkonnen
- Baron Wolfgang von Strucker
- Baroness (G.I. Joe)
- Baroness Bomburst
- Basilius
- Bask Om
- Basque Grand
- Bayaz
- Beatrice Stanhope
- Beatriz
- Bec Lawise
- Becky Walters (Ip Man)
- Beel Bub
- Beelzaboot
- Belial (The Legend of Atlantis)
- Bellatrix Lestrange
- Bennett
- Bernkastel
- Bert Hanson
- Biagio Busoni
- Bicine
- Bif Taylor
- Big Brother (Johnny Bravo)
- Big Daddy Bennet
- Big Fire
- Bill Sykes
- Billy Parham
- Biskit Twins
- Black Mask (Under the Red Hood)
- Black Orcs
- Blackbeard (Pan)
- Blair Waldorf
- Blaire Hawkins
- Blake (Glengarry Glen Ross)
- Blanche DuBois
- Bling-Bling Boy
- Blitzo
- Blockheads
- Bob Sheldon
- Bob Wolverton
- Bocarter Humphrey
- Borkazanda III
- Borsk Fey'lya
- Boss Cass
- Bowser
- Bowser Jr.
- Brainwave (Stargirl)
- Branca Letícia de Barros Mota
- Brandon Shaw
- Brandt (The Big Lebowski)
- Braxington-ton
- Breadmaster
- Breezie Hedgebot Robotnik
- Brian Dutton
- Brian Griffin
-
- Brit and Tiff
- Britannian Imperial Family
- Britney (Everywhere & Nowhere)
- Brittnay Matthews
- Brotherhood of Makuta
- Bruce Robertson
- Bruno Mannheim
- Buddy Ackerman
- Burdine Maxwell
- Burgermeister Meisterburger
- Byakuran
- Cachirula
- Cain Knightlord
- Cal Hockley
- Caldwell B. Cladwell
- Caleb Warrens
- Caligula (Red Dwarf)
- Calvin Candie
- Camille Baden-Smythe
- Camille Ferros
- Camp Mohawk
- Captain Gunther Lutze
- Captain Hammer
- Captain Phasma
- Carface Carruthers
- Carl Anheuser
- Carl Heinrich
- Carl Ingram
- Carmine Falcone (Telltale)
- Carnaby Fritton
- Carta Issue
- Carter Pewterschmidt
- Cassandra DeVries
- Cathy Carter-Smith
- Cecilia Banks
- Celestial Dragons
- Cersei Lannister
- Cesare Borgia (Assassin's Creed)
- Chad (My Gym Partner's a Monkey)