Sophisticated

“	Still, I believe good manners dictate that we should send out the welcome wagon.	„
	~ Dr. Arliss Loveless

“	Which would you rather have, the crouton or the entire Caesar salad? Of course, we're going to eat the mice, but only after we have exploited their labors. We are nice to the mice because it is intelligent to be so. See, if we talk sweetly, they will come in droves. If we hiss, they will run and we will have to chase after them, an unnecessary expenditure of calories.	„
	~ Cat R. Waul

Sophisticated villains are characters who are very cultivated and refined, often as a result of coming from or interacting with a higher social status. They usually act in a generally polite albeit condescending and opprobrious manner ranging from genuine respect to manipulating others.

They are the exact opposites of Barbarians although it is common for them to shed any upper-class natures and become the savage monsters they are if at all (e.g. Ridley, Professor Ratigan, Hannibal Lecter, Nicole Wallace and Cecil Clayton).

While they may be genuinely friendly (e.g. Cat R. Waul), some Purely Evil villains can be sophisticated as well since they act polite to manipulate others into doing their bidding (e.g. Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, Magus, Katz, Lord Cutler Beckett, Mysterio, Doc Scratch, the Duke, Miles Axlerod, Joan, Jenner and Emperor Palpatine).