“ | You came across me so many times and yet you never saw me. Le Chiffre, Greene, Silva... A nice pattern developed... You interfered in my world, I destroyed yours... Or did you think it was coincidence that all the women in your life ended up dead? Vesper Lynd for example, she was the big one, did he tell you about her? And then of course, your beloved M, gone forever. Me! It was all me, James. It's always been me: the author of all your pain! | „ |
~ Ernst Stavro Blofeld confessing that he is behind Bond's recent tragic bereavements and bitter enemies. |
The villain with the most influence over the plot, the obstacles the protagonists face and typically the most proactive antagonist in the story; they are usually the Big Bad though they can at times be the Right-Hand or an enforcer in order to keep the Big Bad more mysterious and scary. Often times they will be the one most active in terms of backstory and relation to the protagonists. These villains have the biggest role all over the story and without them there would be no story to begin with. It is also the evil counterpart of The Hero.
Examples include Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, who is the one commanding most of the Galactic Empire forces the protagonists go up against, and Hawk Moth in Miraculous Ladybug, who is responsible for creating the Akumatized supervillain of each episode. In some cases there may also be two or more Heavies in a story if multiple separate villains are responsible for a roughly equal number of obstacles, an example of this is Doctor Kemp and Doctor Mazenda in Choujuu Sentai Liveman, both of whom are responsible for creating an equal number of Brain Beasts to battle the protagonists.
As with Big Bads, The Heavy is a category that only applies to long-running stories or franchises with many different villains in them. Villains of a single movie, book, video game or episode of a television series do not count.
NOTE: Merely setting the action is not enough to fit in this category they must be the cause for the series to exist to begin with.
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- Vandal Savage (Arrowverse)
- Vandal Savage (DC)
- Vanifer
- Vanitas
- Vault-Tec
- Vayne Solidor
- Vearn
- Vecna (Stranger Things)
- Vector (Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL)
- Vekar (Power Rangers)
- Venjix Computer Virus
- Venom (Spider-Man 2017)
- Vera Cosgrove
- Verchiel
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Vernon Mapes
- Vernon Schillinger
- Veronica Harrington
- Versitude
- Verzeus the Evil
- Vesuvia
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- Veyle
- Vice Principal Stern
- Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
- Vicious (Netflix)
- Vicky (The Fairly OddParents)
- Victor Crowley
- Victor Donovan
- Victor Valente
- Victor Vega
- Victoria Harper
- Victory General Branken
- Vigo Boradsov
- Vijay Khan
- Viking Chieftain
- Viktor (Underworld)
- Viktor Marchenko
- Vilgax (2016)
- Vilgax (Ben 10)
- Vilmer Slaughter
- Vincent Shyer
- Viola Lloyd
- Violator (HBO Series)
- Violator (Spawn)
- Viral (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
- Visenya Targaryen
- Vitaly Krechetov
- Vitiate
- Vlaakith CLVII
- Vladimir Bierko
- Vladimir Makarov (original)
- Vodka (Detective Conan)
- Vogons
- Void Knight
- Voltan (Hawk the Slayer)
- Von Nebula
- Vrak
- Vulcan (Marvel)
- Walt Camby
- Walter (The Mask)
- Walter Bernhard
- Walter Mabry
- Walter White
- Walton Simons
- Wamuu
- Ward Abbott
- Warren Vidic
- Warz Gill
- Wasp King
- Watchdogs (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Weasel McGreed
- Wei Zhuang
- Wendall
- Wenlock
- Werdna
- Westar
- Widow (Shadow Fight)
- Widowmaker (Overwatch)
- Wild Dog
- Wild Hunt (Witcher)
- Wilhelmina Slater
- William Afton (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- William Afton (Novel Trilogy)
- William Carver
- William Harbottle
- William Lewis
- William von Oberstein
- Wind-Demon Reppu
- Winnie-the-Pooh (Twisted Childhood Universe)
- Wire Shun
- Witch of Delays
- Wither Storm
- Wizeru
- Wojira
- Wolf (Nu Pogodi)
- Wolf Spider (Ultimate Spider-Man)
- Wolzard
- Womb Ghosts
- Wonder Woman (Injustice)
- Woodborne
- Woodcutter's Wife (Hansel & Gretel)
- World Wide Web
- Woz
- Wrath (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Wuya
- Wyrm (Willow)
- Yaiba of Darkness
- Yaldabaoth (Persona)
- Yami Bakura
- Yamimaru
- Yamun Khahan
- Yanako Nishinoura
- Yanni Yogi
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- Yapool
- Yashiro's Brother
- Yasper Lennov
- Yasunori Kato
- Yedida "Alter" Tse'elon
- Yeerk
- Yeonsangun of Joseon (The Treacherous)
- Ymir (mythology)
- Ymir (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Yogostein
- Yonemi Kamon
- Yoshihiro Kira
- Yoshihito Kanamori
- Young Eun
- Young Xehanort
- Younger Toguro
- Yue Shen
- Yujiro Hanma
- Yuno Gasai
- Yurak
- Yuri (Girl From Nowhere)
- Yuto Ijika
- Yuuki Kagurazaka
- Yuuki Terumi
- Yuuzhan Vong
- Yvonne Parker
- Yzma
- Z-one
- Zach Nolan
- Zamigo Delma
- Zamorak
- Zanrelot
- Zanta Claws
- Zatola
- Zebra (Toriko)
- Zechs Merquise
- Zeke Yeager
- Zeljan Kurst
- Zenko Umine
- Zennon (Devilman 1972)
- Zennon (Devilman)
- Zeno (Zatch Bell!)
- Zenon Zogratis
- Zep Hindle
- Zephiel
- Zeref Dragneel
- Zero (John Wick)
- Zero (Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon)
- Zeus (Record of Ragnarok)
- Zhan Tiri
- Zhang Jiao
- Zhang Jue
- Zhylaw
- Ziggy
- Zim
- Zod (Christopher Reeve Series)
- Zod (DC Extended Universe)
- Zogu
- Zombies (Dead Rising)
- Zoom (Arrowverse)
- Zoom (DC)
- Zor-El (Smallville)
- Zorak
- Zorx, Klax & Jennifer
- Zé Pequeno