Completely Evil

Villainous Benchmarks who have no redeeming qualities of any sort. These characters refuse to reform from their evil ways, feel no remorse for their evil actions, and have complete awareness of their actions being wrong in nature. Regardless, they do not care who they cause harm and are either apathetic, sadistic, or a mix of both in how they go about committing their acts as well as how they regard others. In many cases they make it on the original criteria of Pure Evil.

Despite their actions, there are six following possibilities that prevent these villains from being Pure Evil or Near Pure Evil, as they are generally shown to be by the narrative:

1. Insufficiently Heinous: Failing the heinous standard of the story too much. An example would be a serial killer from a franchise full of terrorists, warlords, genocidal maniacs, and dictators or even world destroyers and gods (e.g. Donovan, Joe Pratt, Devin Weston, Johann, Nute Gunray, Francis Parker Yockey, Does Bad Things Guy, YouTube, and Shogo Taguchi).
2. Fridge Horror: Villains whose worst actions fall under Fridge Horror if not offstage villainy (e.g. Drake, Shin Godzilla, Florent L'Belle and Minoru Tanaka).
3. Individual Capability: Holding back on their resources too much and fail to make the most of them by committing standard crimes in terms of their resources (e.g. Alejandro Sosa, Fake Di-Jun Wang, Steely Dan, and Mecha Triangle).
4. System Standards: Sharing the same crimes with other villains (e.g. Aria, The Bishop, Tak, Commander Brutus and Panther Mask VIP).
5. Unintentionally Heinous: In very rare cases their worst act is too accidental as they probably intended something else to happen instead or their plans end up backfiring in their face that likely ended up killing them before they can correct it here (Van Zant, Tomoo, Mickey Mouse, Doma's Parents, Darkwing, Steven Jacobs, John Milton, and Sideshow Bob).
6. Minor Insufficiently Heinous Comedic/Parodies: They almost reach the standards of their works slightly failing them but they are either too comedic and/or not taken seriously enough to be Near Pure Evil (Or from a work that has sociopathic humor that prevent them from being Silly NPE too) while not heinous enough to be Inconsistently Heinous either (Francis, Tarantulas, and Corset).

Characters with moral agency issues cannot count since they are only following their own natural instincts or programming. This category also excludes characters who are insufficiently characterized since such characters lack defining motives and/or personality.

They are the villainous counterparts of Completely Good Heroic Benchmarks, and the polar opposite of Flawed-Embraced villains, though it is possible for a Villainous Benchmark to be both Flawed-Embraced and Completely Evil at the same time as long as the villain has no redeeming qualities but are too comedic to be Pure Evil or Near Pure Evil (e.g. Hitoshi Demegawa, Justin Hammer, Gaspen Payne, Major Man, Chester and Francis).

Important: This category is only for Villainous Benchmarks who are made clear to have NO redeeming qualities at all or had some but lost them all or issues with moral assessment. Even if some Villainous Benchmarks are treated as completely evil by the story narrative, should they have at least ONE of the redeeming qualities below, they still don't fall into this category (e.g Basilisx, Johnny Worthington III, Morgan Fey, Percy Wetmore, and Jeffery Fecalman).

Redeeming/Mitigating Factors That Prevent A Character From Being Completely Evil[]

• Affably Evil: Completely Evil villains must not show genuine politeness to anyone, as it would present them positively. However, a Completely Evil villain can be (and is very often) Faux Affably Evil.
• Anti-Villains: Completely Evil villains must not have any noble goals. Their goals are entirely selfish and will cause more harm than good in the event of victory.
• Chaotic Neutral: The type of Completely Evil villain that falls under the chaotic character alignment always falls under Chaotic Evil.
• Evil with Standards: Completely Evil villains do not have lines they would never cross. They would only agree to avoid crossing certain lines out of pragmatism.
• Extremists: Extremists can commit terrible acts but are only limited to what they would do. Extremists will not take their level of evil to the degree of a terrorist and are primarily focused on a revolution or a social change that is noble and meant to benefit the society, whereas Completely Evil villains have no noble goals, and absolutely nothing justifies their actions.
• Grey Zone: Completely Evil villains are evil without a doubt, or any ambiguity. In terms of ethically neutral Completely Evil villains, they fall under Neutral Evil.
• Honorable: Completely Evil villains have no sense of honor, respect, or reverence for anyone or anything.
• In Love: Completely Evil villains can never feel love for others. If they claim to have love for anyone, that "love" would merely be either perversion, possessiveness, or obsession.
• Lawful Neutral: The type of Completely Evil villain that falls under the lawful character alignment always falls under Lawful Evil.
• Loyal: Completely Evil villains show no loyalty towards their superiors/allies and only work with/for them out of pragmatism.
• On & Off: There must be no breaks in the Completely Evil villain's villainy.
• Possessed/Brainwashed: Completely Evil Villains must possess the cognitive ability to know right from wrong, yet choose to do wrong anyway. Being possessed grants them moral agency issues. The only exception is if they're confirmed to already be evil prior to their brainwashing and were only brainwashed into servitude by someone else and continuing their evil ways after breaking free.
• Protective: Completely Evil villains do not care for anyone and won't protect or save another unless it's out of pragmatism.
• Redeemed: Completely Evil villains always want to be evil and will make no effort to redeem themselves.
• Remorseful: Completely Evil villains display no sense of remorse towards those whom they have hurt nor do they express any empathy for others as well.
• Sympathetic: Completely Evil villains are never played for sympathy.
• Scapegoats: Whatever punishment or comeuppance the Completely Evil villain receives is not excessive. Because of the acts they have committed, the Completely Evil villain's comeuppance is justified. Also, Completely Evil villains must not be treated with any sympathy for whatever comeuppance they receive.
• Tragic: Any tragic backstory a Completely Evil villain has must not excuse their actions or be played for sympathy.
• Vigilantes: Vigilantes are motivated by upholding what is moral and right in society even though they break the law by their actions. Vigilantes are willing to take justice into their own hands and are focused on punishing criminals in order to protect their communities. Completely Evil villains are not motivated by upholding morals or justice in society and are only motivated by their own goals and malice.
• Villains by Proxy: These villains do not wish to be evil, but are forced into it by circumstance. They will never reject a chance at redemption, will redeem themselves if they have the free will to, and more often than not, will feel remorse for their actions. A Completely Evil villain, however, chooses to be evil, responsible for their actions, and does not regret any crime they commit.