History Main / AntiAntiChrist

* While not quite Satan, you are kind of given this role in ''Franchise/BaldursGate''. Both Baltazhar and [[spoiler:Imoen]] share it (given that they share a father with you), though with ''major'' variations. The second does it best, since she's just good, and not tricked into KnightTemplar actions that will backfire.

** Instead of becoming evil incarnate, he became ''humanity'' incarnate--which throughout the whole book is described as far nobler than any angel can be, and far eviller than any demon.

* ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'': Charlie is the daughter of Lucifer but is a kind-hearted and optimistic person who wants to solves Hell's OverpopulationCrisis by [[AscendedDemon redeeming sinners and get them into heaven]] rather than the annual genocidal purges that have been going on.

* Millenia takes up this role in ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''. As one of the pieces of the fallen dark god Valmar (the game's thinly-veiled Satan {{expy}}), she's supposed to be as evil as her master and trying to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Then she [[spoiler:[[LoveRedeems falls in love with the hero]].]] Oops.

* Lucy from ''Manga/ElfenLied'' has shades of this, more in the manga than the anime. She is the "queen" of the diclonius - the only fertile member of her race - and her power is unrivalled by any of her peers. Lucy, however, isn't particularly interested in being the head of a new race and she winds up playing a big role in [[spoiler:destroying the diclonius race and preventing the destruction of humanity.]]

* The main character in [[Anime/{{Devilman}} the anime version]] of ''Franchise/{{Devilman}}'' can be considered as an example. He is a demon who had come to the human world in order to destroy it, but fell in love with Miki Makimura and became a protecor of humans. In the anime ''Mazinger Z vs. Devilman'', Devilman was even [[MessianicArchetype crucified]] by other demons ([[spoiler:he survived]]).

Often overlaps with ApocalypseMaiden, which many Anti-Antichrists are by nature. Compare IAmNotAGun, where a war machine refuses to follow its programming to destroy everything. See also TheUnchosenOne.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Harry himself is a subversion. In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'', it was initially suspected that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin due to an incident where he revealed that he could speak in Parseltongue when trying to stop a snake from attempting to attack a fellow student. This caused even Harry to wonder if he is indeed related to Salazar Slytherin, and thus the Heir of Slytherin. Harry rejects the evil path that his heritage would be expected to bring. However, he is not the Heir. Dumbledore reveals that Harry was not actually a direct relative of Slytherin (the real reason he could speak in Parseltongue was because the same event where Voldemort's attempt to murder Harry backfired also resulted in a part of himself being transferred to Harry, which included Parseltongue). [[spoiler:The actual Heir of Slytherin was Tom Riddle, who was a student of Hogwarts fifty years prior and, more importantly, the person who became Lord Voldemort.]]
** In the final book, this turns out to be an apparent ''double'' subversion, as it turns out that Harry and Voldemort are [[spoiler:each descended from one of the three Peverell brothers.]] As such, though they are likely several generations removed, Harry and Voldemort are unknowningly ''distant'' '''cousins'''. Hints at this are laid out at least as far back as ''Half Blood Prince'', which sees Marvolo Gaunt blatantly mention the "Peverell coat of arms", and indicate that it at one point belonged to Slytherin or to someone related to him. Gaunt was very proud of his relation to Slytherin at the very least. The Peverell coat of arms (actually a symbol for [[spoiler:The Deathly Hallows]]) actually indicates that the Peverells did actually own said objects. While nobody knows if the brother who had gotten the Wand from Death had any children, we know that two of them did, and that each passed down their Hallows along the family bloodlines: [[spoiler:The Resurrection Stone and the Invisibility Cloak of Death]] each wound up in the hands of direct descendants of these two brothers at least up until Marvolo's time, as he still possessed it. Presumably after his death the ring ended up in the hands of his son Morfin. At that point, Voldemort got hold of his ancestor's heirloom without ever knowing what he actually had after murdering his uncle. The other wound up in Harry's hands and he ultimately gained mastery of all three. This would have made him 'Master of Death' which sounds like it might be something akin to an anti-christ itself. And Harry rejects this as much as he rejected the idea of being the heir of Slytherin. Unlike Harry, Voldemort fully embraced the idea. However due to their very distant relationship, Harry actually ''could'' be considered to be an heir to Slytherin, though not necessarily the heir that would open the Chamber. Technically, he did do so, but he did it in order to rescue Ginny from Voldemort. Though Harry realizes his connection to the brother who originally owned his cloak, he never seems to put that together with his distant relation to Voldemort, since the Gaunts, and later Voldemort himself, are also descended from the Peverells. Voldemort, who knew nothing of the legend of the Hallows, never even has the issue cross his mind. So on one hand, we have the anti-anti-christ (Harry, Master of Death, who could have been a possible Heir of Slytherin due to his distant relation to the man), and on the other, the anti-christ (Voldemort, who legitimately ''was'' and ''embraced'' being the Heir of Slytherin). The fact that this ends up being revealed as a family feud, despite neither side knowing it, makes the situation that much stranger.

** Speaking of Shadow, he [[ZigZaggedTrope manages to simultaneously be an example of]] a MessianicArchetype, a DarkMessiah, TheAntiChrist, and an Anti-Antichrist in one character, thanks to the people involved in his creation having wildly different intentions for him. [[ArmiesAreEvil GUN]] wanted an immortal SuperSoldier and took advantage of [[AllLovingHero Professor Gerald]], who was desperately looking for a way to save his [[IllGirl terminally ill granddaughter]] Maria. Unable to crack the code of immortality Gerald made contact with the [[StarfishAliens Black Arms]], whose leader, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Doom]], offered some of his genetic material for the project in exchange for a promise that Shadow would help him gather the [[GreenRocks Chaos Emeralds]] so he could [[PlanetLooters plunder Earth]] for HumanResources. Gerald didn't want Shadow to be a weapon and devised [[KillSat a plan]] which would allow him to defeat the Black Arms and let him become close to the [[AllLovingHero peace loving]] Maria. GUN got panicked by Gerald's research and tried to shut it down but Maria was killed in the crossfire. With her dying breath, Maria [[LastRequest made Shadow promise]] to bring happiness to Earth. Learning of Maria's death Gerald crossed the DespairEventHorizon and JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. He tampered with Shadow's memories to make him think he promised Maria revenge and the world would be better off without humans; the plan being to have Shadow initiate a ColonyDrop to take revenge on Earth and spite the Black Arms in one go. Ultimately, Shadow breaks free of the reprogramming, stops the colony drop, carries out the original plan for stopping the Black Arms, and joins GUN (which has since cleaned up its act) to protect Earth from danger and give humanity a chance to be happy. All of this while having it heavily implied from context clues he is made in the (arguably mocking) image of the half-god half-hedgehog being we know as Super Sonic, who was prophecised on ancient murals that Gerald was clearly very familiar with.

** Speaking of Shadow, he [[ZigZaggedTrope manages to simultaneously be an example of]] a MessianicArchetype, a DarkMessiah, TheAntiChrist, and an Anti-Antichrist in one character, thanks to the people involved in his creation having wildly different intentions for him. [[ArmiesAreEvil GUN]] wanted an immortal SuperSoldier and took advantage of [[AllLovingHero Professor Gerald]], who was desperately looking for a way to save his [[IllGirl terminally ill granddaughter]] Maria. Unable to crack the code of immortality Gerald made contact with the [[StarfishAliens Black Arms]], whose leader, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Doom]], offered some of his genetic material for the project in exchange for a promise that Shadow would help him gather the [[GreenRocks Chaos Emeralds]] so he could [[PlanetLooters plunder Earth]] for HumanResources. Gerald didn't want Shadow to be a weapon and devised [[KillSat a plan]] which would allow him to defeat the Black Arms and let him become close to the [[AllLovingHero peace loving]] Maria. GUN got panicked by Gerald's research and tried to shut it down but Maria was killed in the crossfire. With her dying breath, Maria [[LastRequest made Shadow promise]] to bring happiness to Earth. Learning of Maria's death Gerald crossed the DespairEventHorizon and JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. He tampered with Shadow's memories to make him think he promised Maria revenge and the world would be better off without humans; the plan being to have Shadow initiate a ColonyDrop to take revenge on Earth and spite the Black Arms in one go. Ultimately, Shadow breaks free of the reprogramming, stops the colony drop, carries out the original plan for stopping the Black Arms, and joins GUN (which has since cleaned up its act) to protect Earth from danger and give humanity a chance to be happy. All of this while having it heavily implied from context clues he is made in the image of the half-god half-hedgehog image of Super Sonic, who was depicted on ancient murals that Gerald was clearly very aware of.

** Speaking of Shadow, he [[ZigZaggedTrope manages to simultaneously be an example of]] a MessianicArchetype, a DarkMessiah, TheAntiChrist, and an Anti-Antichrist in one character, thanks to the people involved in his creation having wildly different intentions for him. [[ArmiesAreEvil GUN]] wanted an immortal SuperSoldier and took advantage of [[AllLovingHero Professor Gerald]], who was desperately looking for a way to save his [[IllGirl terminally ill granddaughter]] Maria. Unable to crack the code of immortality Gerald made contact with the [[StarfishAliens Black Arms]], whose leader, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Doom]], offered some of his genetic material for the project in exchange for a promise that Shadow would help him gather the [[GreenRocks Chaos Emeralds]] so he could [[PlanetLooters plunder Earth]] for HumanResources. Gerald didn't want Shadow to be a weapon and devised [[KillSat a plan]] which would allow him to defeat the Black Arms and let him become close to the [[AllLovingHero peace loving]] Maria. GUN got panicked by Gerald's research and tried to shut it down but Maria was killed in the crossfire. With her dying breath, Maria [[LastRequest made Shadow promise]] to bring happiness to Earth. Learning of Maria's death Gerald crossed the DespairEventHorizon and JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope. He tampered with Shadow's memories to make him think he promised Maria revenge and the world would be better off without humans; the plan being to have Shadow initiate a ColonyDrop to take revenge on Earth and spite the Black Arms in one go. Ultimately, Shadow breaks free of the reprogramming, stops the colony drop, carries out the original plan for stopping the Black Arms, and joins GUN (which has since cleaned up its act) to protect Earth from danger and give humanity a chance to be happy.

* You can choose to be this in ''VideoGame/DarkMessiah''. If you want to.

* Aikawa Hajime[=/=]Kamen Rider Chalice from ''Series/KamenRiderBlade''. [[spoiler:As the Joker Undead, if he wins the Battle Fight at the center of the series (by being the last unsealed Undead), TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt will occur, even though he wants no such thing to happen. It's only by [[TheHero Kazuma Kenzaki]] becoming a Joker Undead himself (and thus making it so that there's a second Undead present, meaning the Battle Fight is in a stalemate) in the TV series or sealing him in the ''Missing Ace'' movie that the world doesn't end]].
** In another, older series, two youths were unfortunately were subjected to "[[BodyHorror surgery]]", because they were chosen to become the leader of an evil cult. With the help of his father, one of them manages to escape, and decides to fight them as well as his so-called destiny. This is the story of Kotaro Minami, or, better yet, ''Series/KamenRiderBlack''.

* The main character in [[Anime/{{Devilman}} the anime version]] of ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' can be considered as an example. He is a demon who had come to the human world in order to destroy it, but fell in love with Miki Makimura and became a protecor of humans. In the anime ''Mazinger Z vs. Devilman'', Devilman was even [[MessianicArchetype crucified]] by other demons ([[spoiler:he survived]]).

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''': Raven, or at least the closest you can get away with in a family-rated show. Notable in that she [[YouCantFightFate fails in bringing about her apocalyptic destiny]], but instead helps the world [[ResetButton get better]] afterward.

* There's a possible BadFuture in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' where the Reach succeeded in their AlienInvasion and completely enslaved mankind, with the help of Blue Beetle. Bart Allen/Impulse time-travelled from that period in order to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong, specifically by befriending Blue Beetle, trying to prevent the Reach from gaining control of him.

* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1561111 Morningstar Family Values]]'' mixes this with AuthorityInNameOnly for [[Series/TheChillingAdventuresOfSabrina Sabrina Spellman]] after she learns that she is the daughter of [[Series/Lucifer2016 Lucifer Morningstar]]; while she jokingly calls herself the Antichrist, Lucifer makes it clear that there are no plans for the Apocalypse.

** [[spoiler:Homura]] in ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion Rebellion]]''. [[spoiler:The local SatanicArchetype [[AliensAreBastards Kyubey]] intends to turn her into an “unborn” witch that will trap Madoka (now a PhysicalGod) so they may learn how to control her. However, Homura ultimately [[TheNamesake rebels]] and teams up with her TrueCompanions to foil thier plot.]]

** ''TabletopGame/MageTheAscension'' has the Nephandi, mages who willingly made the choice to embrace everything they found anathema and turn their Avatars inside out, embracing an agenda of decaying the world to the point that it eventually falls to oblivion. Not only does this damn them, but it damns their Avatars, leading to ''widderslainte'' who inherit said corrupted Avatars after the original Nephandus dies. However, where early editions paint them as a FetusTerrible, 20th Anniversary Edition explicitly states that some ''widderslainte'' have a reprieve from damnation. While the source of all their magic acts like an abusive mentor, and their fellow Nephandi will gladly try to either corrupt them or kill them in the hopes the next host falls faster, it ''is'' possible for them to walk the right-hand path and do the right thing.

* A ''ComicBook?{{Magneto}}'' mini-series was about Joseph pretending to be Magneto so he could make Magneto's Acolytes renounce their project, which would kill one million humans. At this time, Joseph himself believed he was an amnesiac Magneto.

** Genesis, [[spoiler:who is a clone from Apocalypse, has turn out this partly because of his very superman-style upbringing in a virtual reality, partly because he doesn't know who he is. so far]].

* A mini-series "Magneto" was about Joseph pretending to be Magneto so he could make Magneto's Acolytes renounce their project, which would kill one million humans. At this time, Joseph himself believes he is an amnesiac Magneto.

* ''VideoGame/{{Blazblue}}'': Main character, Ragna the Bloodedge is the reincarnation of an EldritchAbomination that nearly destroyed the world almost a century earlier in the setting, with its remains being used as his new replacement right arm. The second game reveals his destiny to be the harbinger of destruction and the catalyst to revive the beast to destroy the world. This makes him the enemy of nearly the entire cast. Naturally, he has a ScrewDestiny attitude and while he starts off as a vengeance fueled AntiHero, some CharacterDevelopment helps push him toward being a more straightforward hero and by the end of the fourth game, [[spoiler:has successfully managed to avert TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt and restore the world to a more prosperous state.]]

** Emerl from ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'' is a Gizoid, a robot designed to mimic any combat technique he sees, and is able to do so with terrifying efficiency (he quickly outclasses the rest of the cast). He was considered to be the UltimateLifeForm before Shadow [[spoiler:and was the strongest of his Gizoid brethren according to ''VideoGame/SonicChronicles''. Upon obtaining all seven Chaos Emeralds he's supposed to annihilate civilization.]] He was also [[UpbringingMakesTheHero raised by the good guys]] and slowly mimics bits of each of their personalities as well -- the result is a lovable NiceGuy who calls Amy "Mom", helps out around Tails's lab, ribs Knuckles for being dense, and is fiercely protective of his friends, most notably Cream. And then [[spoiler:Eggman blows it all by using an extremely powerful weapon to usurp control. This causes Emerl to go mad with power, having copied Eggman's superweapon, ''capable of destroying the planet and stars.'' In the end, [[ShootTheDog Sonic has to kill Emerl.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''': Raven, or at least the closest you can get away with in a family-rated show. Notable in that she [[YouCantFightFate doesn't succeed in averting her apocalyptic destiny]], but instead helps the world [[ResetButton get better]] afterward.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''' Raven, or at least the closest you can get away with in a family-rated show. Notable in that she [[YouCantFightFate doesn't succeed in averting her apocalyptic destiny]], but instead helps the world [[ResetButton get better]] afterward.