“ | Revenge is the prime ingredient in the Fountain of Youth. I've kept myself alive for hundreds of years with a steady diet of jealousy and hate. Awaiting the day when I would finally eclipse your family's thieving reputation. | „ |
~ Clockwerk to Sly Cooper about his hatred and jealousy towards his family. |
“ | Mother always did like Richard best. | „ |
~ Prince John's envy towards his brother. |
Villains who are motivated (at least partially) by envy or jealousy, these are villains who revile and despise the hero or someone else for possessing something that they lack, be it a physical possession or something conceptual and abstract, such as success, popularity, love, wealth, power, or something else entirely. Envy is a common motivation for villains even to the point of obsession. Fittingly, it is also one of the Seven Deadly Sins and is actually considered to be second only to Pride in severity. Being severely envious of someone else can also lead to early stages of mental insanity.
They can be tragic or insecure in that they are motivated, hardworking and conscientious characters who genuinely have very little success or constantly fail at their goals, all the while being forced to spend their lives constantly confronted by others' wealth and success (e. g. Aki Myojin).
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- Will Teasle
- Willi Herold (The Captain)
- William Carver
- William Hale
- William Harding
- William Kent
- William McBride
- William Murderface
- William Stryker (Marvel)
- William Stryker (X-Men Movies)
- William Tate
- William von Oberstein
- Willy Nilly
- Willy Roper
- Wilma Sledkin
- Wind Rider
- Winifred Sanderson
- Winnie Harper
- Winston The Worm
- Wiseman (Sailor Moon)
- Withnail
- Wizeru
- Wizpig (Diddy Kong Racing)
- Wolf Spider (Ultimate Spider-Man)
- Wolfgang Přiklopil
- Wong Chi-hang
- Woodborne
- Woodsman (Fables)
- World (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
- Wraiths (Mortal Kombat)
- Wrath (FMA 2003)
- Wu Chow
- Wyatt (Slasher)
- Wyler
- Ya Boy Duggie
- Yaevinn
- Yakone
- Yami Marik
- Yamimaru
- Yandere (Smoke and Mirrors)
- Yang Xiu
- Yasper Lennov
- Yawgmoth
- Yellow Dwarf
- Yertle the Turtle
- Ying Ranma
- Yogoshimacritein
- Yolanda Quinones
- Yoma Hashimoto
- Yomi Hellsmile
- Yoo-Yee
- Yoon Gwi-nam
- Yosemite Sam
- Yoshikage Kira
- Yoshimoto Imagawa (Koei)
- Yoshino (Kessen)
- Yoshitatsu Saitō
- Young Eun
- Yuan Shao (Legend Heroes)
- Yuan Shao (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
- Yuan Shu (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
- Yubel
- Yuda
- Yuda Han
- Yuga Khan
- Yuka Uehara
- Yukio Kuroda
- Yukio Mashimi
- Yukitoshi Shimizu
- Yuko Kitajima
- Yula
- Yuno Gasai
- Yuri (Girl From Nowhere)
- Yuri (Werewolf)
- Yuri Briar
- Yurius
- Yusef Khan
- Yutaka Kazami
- Yuto Ijika
- Yuuki Kagurazaka
- Yuuki Terumi
- Yuuya Kizami
- Yyrkoon
- Yzma
- Zach Varmitech
- Zachary Hale Comstock
- Zacke
- Zampa
- Zant (The Legend of Zelda)
- Zanta Claws
- Zara (Disney)
- Zareen
- Zarm
- Zeke (UnOrdinary)
- Zelda Goldman
- Zeldris
- Zelena
- Zeltrax
- Zenko Umine
- Zeno (Zatch Bell!)
- Zep Hindle
- Zero (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)
- Zerofuku (Record of Ragnarok)
- Zeus (DuckTales)
- Zeus (Poptropica)
- Zhan Tiri
- Zhang Chunhua
- Zhang He
- Zhang Jiao
- Zhang Liao (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
- Zhao (The Last Airbender)
- Zhao Gao
- Zhong
- Zhu Bajie
- Zhylaw
- Zig
- Zigfried von Schroeder
- Zim
- Zipperface
- Zira
- Zoe Tate
- Zoltorus
- Zombie Plants
- Zoom (DC)
- Zsa-Zsa
- Zuko (Avatar)
- Zyglak
- Zyra Aguerro
- Zé Pequeno