“ | Hello, brother. Didn't think you could get rid of me so easily, did you? See, my days were numbered, but you oh, you can continue on for me, be my ultimate revenge! So, calm yourself. Don't fight it. Breathe it in. This gas was a special mixture I had made, just for you. Something to finally set you free. It's time to have some fun. Burn it down, brother. Burn it all down! | „ |
~ Jerome Valeska announcing his legacy for Jeremiah Valeska. |
“ | Guy's some piece of work, isn't he? Six feet under and half a face, he's still screwing with us. | „ |
~ Hank Schrader about Gus Fring. |
Posthumous Villains who either died for real or have an unknown fate yet continue to have lasting impacts and presences from beyond their grave/long-time absence in an earthly and terrestrial way. They can even be deceased from the very beginning and appear primarily as Flashbacks (e.g. Bertrand Zobrist). Their actions, legacies and the harm they caused may continue to have lasting impacts after their demise. A good example of this is Scar of The Lion King, as he died but Zira used her son Kovu to continue his plans.
In regards to what characters can be regarded as posthumous villains, Artificial Intelligences can also apply in spite of being machines and therefore have no bodies nor souls if their actions still has any lasting impact on the story (i.e. the Marvel Cinematic Universe iteration of Ultron, whose actions on Sokovia caused the public view on the Avengers to shift, leading to the Avengers Civil War) as so Forces of Nature if their influence likewise remains on the story (i.g. The Black Mass was destroyed by Samurai Jack's father but it created Aku so he could cause chaos and destruction on to continue with the Black Mass' genocidal rampage).
Evil Organizations can also apply as posthumous villains if they were fully disbanded although not all its members have to die (or have died) yet they still have a lasting impact on the story (i.e. the Galactic Empire, which disbanded after Emperor Palpatine's first death but many of its surviving members went to the Unknown Regions and formed the First Order to replace it).
Note: Characters who came back as Noncorporeals, Zombies, Vampires and so on cannot be Posthumous as actions are still being carried out by them as the Undead UNLESS:
- their Undead forms are also killed off and have such effects afterwards (i.e. Shane Walsh),
- they disappear or withdraw from any action and no longer connect with the plot essentially being permanently removed (i.e. Darth Vader),
- are defeated and sent (back) to an afterlife dimension from which they cannot return (i.e. Imhotep)
- or conflicts take place in an afterlife and do not reconnect with a world of the living (i.e. Ernesto de la Cruz).
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- The Grand Inquisitor
- The Great Destroyer
- The Hive Mind (Dead Space)
- The Horde (Split)
- The Horned Serpent
- The Hunter (Little Nightmares)
- The Hunters (Attack on Titan)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Killer (CASE: Animatronics)
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- The King (Beauty and the Beast 2017)
- The King of Ward Three
- The Kingpin
- The Lich (Farmworld)
- The Lord of Dark
- The Lustful Nobleman
- The Lynx
- The Magician (House of the Dead)
- The Magician (Netflix's Castlevania)
- The Magician (The Legend of Zelda)
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- The Martian Serpent
- The Master (Fallout)
- The Match Maker
- The Mean One
- The Meta
- The Milkman (Riverdale)
- The Missing Children (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- The Mother (Dying Light)
- The Mother (The House)
- The Mystic Timber
- The Nenjiki
- The Nine Titan Houses
- The Ominous Colossal Titan
- The Once-ler's Mother
- The Original Nine
- The Painter (Layers of Fear)
- The Phantom of the Opera (original)
- The Pilot
- The Plutonian
- The Powaburu
- The Practical Incarnation
- The Principal (K-12)
- The Puppet (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- The Queen (Code Vein)
- The Rat, the Hawk and the Pig (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- The Reaper (Assassination Classroom)
- The Reaper (Criminal Minds)
- The Robber (Middleditch and Schwartz)
- The Scientists (High School Fleet)
- The Sentients (Hyper Light Drifter)
- The Shepherd (A Song of Ice and Fire)
- The Sheriff (Holes)
- The Spirit (Night Shift on Route 90)
- The Stranger (The Walking Dead)
- The Strangers (Strangers From Hell)
- The Sweet Sixteen Killer
- The Thing (Hello Neighbor)
- The Unborn
- The Uncle (Akuma no Riddle)
- The Van
- The Widow's Husband
- The Will of Honkai (Houkai Gakuen 2)
- The Wolf (Call of Duty)
- The Woman in White
- The Zarn
- The Zeragill
- The Zululuk
- Theo Magath
- Theodore Barrows
- Theodore Maddox
- Theon Stark
- Thiazzi
- Thing that Drifted Ashore
- Third Alice
- Thistleclaw
- Thomas Coville
- Thomas Eastwood
- Thomas Eckhart
- Thomas Eichorst
- Thomas Godolkin
- Thomas Logan
- Thomas Wayne (Telltale)
- Thragg
- Thrax (Power Rangers)
- Three, Four and Five (Stranger Things)
- Threlkis
- Thuy (Miss Saigon)
- Thyestes
- Tiger General
- TigerClan
- Tigerstar
- Tim Spencer
- Tim Stoltefuss
- Timmy Baterman
- Timothy Howard
- Timothy McVeigh (Zero Hour)
- Tinkerer (Marvel's Spider-Man)
- Tire Org (Power Rangers)
- Titan (Shadow Fight)
- Titan Watchers
- Titans (God of War)
- Titans (Hyper Light Drifter)
- Tivon Askari
- Tobias Beckett
- Tock
- Todd Alquist
- Toecutter
- Toffee
- Toji Fushiguro
- Tokiko Shigure
- Tokuichi Towa
- Tom Dougherty
- Tom Mahout
- Tom Winston
- Tomato Onna
- Tommy (Karate Kid)
- Tommyknockers
- Tomoo
- Tomoo and Yatsu's Father
- Tomás Cantillo
- Tony Blundetto
- Tony DeMarco
- Tony King
- Tony Stewart
- Tony Vreski
- Tony Zucco
- Tor Vizsla
- Torarugin
- Toro Calican
- Tortuga
- Tou Jou
- Towa
- Tower of Sauron
- Toxic Beasts
- Toxica
- Toyman (Superman: Doomsday)
- Trade Federation
- Trannis
- Translucent
- Treacheron
- Treize Khushrenada
- Triarchy
- Tricia Albright
- Tristana Medeiros
- Tsarnaev Brothers (Patriots Day)
- Tsubasa Kowase
- Tsukasa Sagawa
- Tsukasa Yugi
- Tubaloid
- Tuco Salamanca (Breaking Bad)
- Turahk
- Turbine Org (Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger)
- Turbo (Wreck-It Ralph)
- Turbo Toilet 2000
- Turbot Smeal
- Turner Grey
- Tuvul
- Twice
- Twilight Thorn
- Twin Masters
- Twinrova
- Two (Stranger Things)
- Two-Face (Nolanverse)
- Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)
- Typhon (Re:Zero)
- Tyrone King
- Tywin Lannister
- Uae
- Uday Hussein
- Udo Heinemann
- Ugh-Zan III
- Uighur
- Ulquiorra Cifer
- Ultima (Final Fantasy Tactics)
- Ultraman Belial
- Ultron (Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
- Ultron (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Ultron Sentinels
- Ulysses Bloodstone (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Ulysses Klaue (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Umbrella Corporation
- Una Hauptman
- Unalaq
- Uncle Johnny
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- Undaigo
- Under the Moon
- Undying Ones
- Unidoom
- Union Spy
- Unnamed Echidna Warrior
- Uranda
- Uriel (Lucifer)
- Urrathon IV Goodbrother
- Urron Greyiron
- Ursula (Disney)
- Usean Rebel Forces
- Ushari
- Ushiro Yuuga