“ | Humans, your existence is a mistake. War, cheating, jealously, greed. You once made me lose everything. But now I'll devour everything. Because I am the Houkai. | „ |
~ The Herrscher of the Void describing herself to be the Apocalypse. |
“ | We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. | „ |
~ Evey Hammond describing V. |
Symbolic villains are evildoers representing an entirely larger concept than themselves. For example, Madame Defarge of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities is symbolic of the French lower-class hatred of aristocracy as well as the bloodlust driving the French Revolution. Additionally, every major villain in Captain Planet and the Planeteers (e.g. Captain Pollution) symbolized a certain ecological disaster. It's also common for Death Gods to symbolize the concept of death itself.
Although literally any villain could be called symbolic just for symbolizing one type of evil (stealing, vandalizing, usurping, killing, torturing, etc.), these villains come from a story that has a STRONG THEME AND MORAL and represent accepting or denying those themes. That's why ensemble villains are unlikely to count as they are always switching roles, unless they still symbolize a clear theme.
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- Cenobia
- Cerberus (Manhunt)
- Cerberus Leader
- Cernunnos (Lostbelt)
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- Chakravartin
- Chameleon (Kung Fu Panda)
- Champ (Akame ga Kill!)
- Changelings
- Chaos (Castlevania)
- Chaos (Final Fantasy)
- Chaos (Girls x Battle 2)
- Chaos (mythology)
- Chaos Sonic
- Char Aznable
- Chara (Undertale)
- Charlatan Priest
- Charles zi Britannia
- Charlie Prince
- Charlotte (That Poppy)
- Chef Monkeys
- Chelli Lona Aphra
- Cheon Seojin
- Chernabog (Disney)
- Chernobog (mythology)
- Chester V's Holograms
- Chica the Chicken (Fazbear Frights)
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- Chief Blue Meanie
- Chief Elder
- Chief-of-Police
- Chimera (mythology)
- Chinese and Russian Supercomputers
- Chip Fuckyeah
- Cho Sang-woo
- Chris Cleek
- Chris Tate
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- Christof
- Chrollo Lucilfer
- Chucky (Child's Play)
- Chí Phèo
- Clan Akkaba
- Clay Puppington
- Clayton (Disney)
- Cleopatra (Freaks)
- Cletus, Collin and Keenie
- Clown (Star Trek)
- Clown (The Brave Little Toaster)
- Clown Gremlins
- CLU 2
- Coachman (2022)
- Coachman (Disney)
- Cobra Unit
- Cockatrice Minosaur
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- Coldsteel (Marvel)
- Colin the Computer
- Colonel de Sade
- Colonel Dracorl
- Colonel McCullough
- Colonel Otto
- Comic Book Guy (Brick Like Me)
- Commander of the First Interior Squad Headquarters
- Commanders
- Common Cold
- Common Consciousness
- Compeyson
- Comte de Vaublanc
- Conde Mácula
- Confederate States of America (C.S.A)
- Confidence
- Conquest (Invincible)
- Copperfield
- Cornelia li Britannia
- Cornelius Fudge
- Corona Virus (Family Guy)
- Coronzon
- Corporate Commander
- Corrine Dollanganger
- Count Bleck's Father
- Count Dooku
- Count Dracula (Bram Stoker)
- Count Dracula (Nosferatu, the Vampyre)
- Count Orlok
- Count Spankulot
- Count Volpe
- Cowpers
- Coyolxāuhqui
- Creatures (Bird Box)
- Creeper (Jeepers Creepers)
- Crew of Submarine 714
- Crew of the Flying Dutchman (folklore)
- Crisis (Advert)
- Crom Cruach (mythology)
- Crown (Nomad of Nowhere)
- Cry Baby
- Crying Boy
- Cthulhu (Dark Dungeons)
- Cthulhu (Lovecraft)
- Culex (Super Mario)
- Cult Leader (Attack on Titan)
- Cult Leader (mother!)
- Cult of Malcolm
- Curley
- Cursed Coach
- Curtis Taylor, Jr.
- Cybermen
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- Cyclopean Aliens (The Fear)
- Cynthia Utrom
- Cypher Reagan
- Cám
- D'Ken (X-Men: The Animated Series)
- D'Spayre
- D-Reaper
- D. Mauler
- D.R.A.T.
- Da Tap Dance Man
- Daehyun Im
- Dagon (Ben 10)
- Daijinryuu
- Daisy Buchanan
- Damballa
- Damien Thorn
- Daniella
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- Dante (FMA 2003)
- Dante Reyes
- Dark Alessa
- Dark Brother
- Dark Danny
- Dark David Banner
- Dark Flash (DC Extended Universe)
- Dark Gaia
- Dark Heart
- Dark King (Futari wa Pretty Cure)
- Dark Knights
- Dark Link
- Dark Lord (Doom)
- Dark Master (Bridge to Terabithia)
- Dark Matter (Pokémon)
- Dark Mind
- Dark Nebula
- Dark Phoenix
- Dark Pterosaur
- Dark Rider (The Seeker)
- Dark Spirit (Star Wars)
- Darkness Devil
- Darkrai (Pokémon)
- Darkseid (DC Animated Movie Universe)
- Darkseid (DC Animated Universe)
- Darkseid (DC Extended Universe)
- Darkseid (DC)
- Darkseid (Harley Quinn TV Series)
- Darkside
- Darlene Fleischermacher
- Darth Malgus
- Darth Maul (Star Wars)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Daud
- Daughters of Aku
- Daultay Dofine
- David (Regular Show)
- David 8
- David Banner
- David Hiles
- David King
- Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Deacon Blackfire (Arkhamverse)
- Deadpool (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Dealer (Mega Man Star Force)
- Dean Armitage
- Dean Domino
- Death (Final Destination)
- Death (Ghostbusters)
- Death (Harry Potter)
- Death (Netflix's Castlevania)
- Death (Puss in Boots)
- Death (Regular Show)
- Death (Six-String Samurai)
- Death (South Park)
- Death (The Simpsons)
- Death Devil
- Death Girl
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- Death Stench
- Deathcula
- Deathshead
- Decency Squad
- Defector
- Defenders of Jericho
- Degwin Sodo Zabi
- Deities (Dwarf Fortress)
- Delia York
- Delirium
- Delu-Knight
- Demaon
- Dementors
- Demi-Fiend