“ | What am I talking about? What am I TALKING ABOUT?! I'm talking about your goldarn security, Hogarth! While you're snoozing in your little jammies back in Washington, we're wide awake and worried. Why? Because everyone wants what we have, Hogarth. EVERYONE! You think this metal man is fun, but who built it? The Russians? The Chinese? Martians? Canadians? I DON'T CARE! All I know is, we didn't build it, and that's reason enough to assume the worst and blow it to Kingdom Come! Now, you are going to tell me about this thing, you are going to lead me to it, and we are going to DESTROY it before it DESTROYS us! | „ |
~ Kent Mansley ranting to Hogarth about the Iron Giant's whereabouts. |
“ | That is not what magic does. That's just your fear. Fear is what can't be trusted. | „ |
~ Elsa denouncing King Runeard for letting his fear of magic consume his mind and mold him into a ruthless tyrant. |
Paranoid Villains are very common villains who are fueled by a deep fear of being harmed or weakened by others/someone and therefore, it is hard for them to trust others. This type of evildoer is very common in mythology, embodied in individuals like Cronus and Herod, who are willing to commit terrible atrocities to try and prevent what they see as an impending doom (they almost always fail).
Basically, a villain who lives in fear of being defeated by a particular hero, prophecy or, in some cases, even another villain and utilizes extreme methods to try and prevent their own doom (ironically often causing said doom) can be added to this category.
Many paranoid villains also suffer from paranoid personality disorder, which oftenly related to antisocial personality disorder. Therefore, this category can be an alternative for villains who aren't psychopaths, but show similar symptoms (e.g. Drej Queen Susquehana and King Stefan).
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- Boggis, Bunce and Bean
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- Bolivar Trask (X-Men Movies)
- Bomber Ghost
- Bomber the Great
- Bonechill
- Boog
- Boram Darkwill
- Borgant
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- Bowser Jr.
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- Bradley Buzzcut
- Bradley Martin
- Bradley Paine
- Brady Hartsfield
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- Brajira of the Messiah
- Brat Charliego Sidjan
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- Breakdown (Transformers: Prime)
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- Brett (Eden Lake)
- Brett Lowrey
- Brian Banner
- Brian Griffin
- Brian Irons
- Brian Lewis
- Brian Reader
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- Brother Blood (Arrowverse)
- Bruno Costa
- Brutus (Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses)
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- Bryce Walker
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- Buddy Armstrong
- Buddy Swanson
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- Buggy the Clown
- Bullet (Marvel)
- Bullseye (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Bumpy Johnson
- Buncle
- Buppa
- Burgermeister Meisterburger
- Burn Dinorex
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- Butler (Pretty Cure)
- Byeong-gi
- C.T.
- Cable Guy
- Cad Bane
- Caesar (Bound)
- Caleb Dale Sheppard
- Caligula (1979 film)
- Caligula (I Claudius)
- Caligula (The Trials of Apollo)
- Calo Nord
- Calvin "Freckle" McMurray
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- Candy (Driver: Parallel Lines)
- Candyman (Candyman)
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- Carl (Llamas with Hats)
- Carl Bruner
- Carl Heinrich
- Carla Mitchell
- Carleigh Taylor
- Carlito Brigante
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- Carmilla Carmine
- Carmine Falcone (Reevesverse)
- Carnage (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Carnage Kabuto
- Carrie White
- Carroll Oerstadt
- Carter J. Burke
- Carver (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
- Casey (Breaking Bad)
- Cassandra (Tangled)
- Cassie Howard
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- Chameleon (Kung Fu Panda)
- Chandarva
- Chandrelle Stormblaze
- Chaos Header
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- Charlatan (Harry Potter)
- Charles Bliss
- Charles F. Muntz
- Charles Pike
- Charlie Farnsworth
- Charlotte Linlin
- Charlotte Pudding
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- Chelsea Van Der Zee
- Cheon Seojin
- Cherubimon
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- Chester Goudal
- Chester MacFarland
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- Chiaki Tachibana
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- Chief Blue Meanie
- Chief Harold Lutz
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- Chip Whistler
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- Chizuru Mizuno
- Cho Sang-woo
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- Choi Yoon-Jae
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- Chris McLean
- Christian Szell
- Christian Ward
- Christine Greaston
- Christine Lewis
- Christopher Moltisanti
- Christy Jenkins
- Chuck McGill
- Chuck Wilson
- Chucky (Child's Play)
- Church of the Water Tsar
- Chuuya Nakahara
- Cicada (DC)
- Cindy Beale
- Cipher (Fast & Furious)
- Circe (Age of Mythology)
- Claudandus
- Claude Speed
- Claudia (The Dragon Prince)
- Clawgore
- Clay Puppington
- King Clayde
- Clayface (Injustice)
- Cleaners
- Cleet and Joe
- Clementine (Overlord)
- Cletus Samson
- Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)
- Clive (The Walking Dead)