History Main / BiblicalBadGuy

* {{Defied}} by Demian of the eponymous novel by {{Creator/Herman Hesse}}, who insists that Cain was a special figure whose Mark was ultimately talent or intelligence that set him apart from than the people around him, who ultimately slandered and exiled him out of resentment.

* {{Defied}} by Demian of the eponymous novel by {{Creator/Herman Hesse}}, who insists that Cain was a special figure who had more talent, strength or intelligence than the people around him and was ultimately slandered and driven out by said people out of jealousy.

'''Note 2:''' Simply [[MeaningfulName sharing a name with any of these is symbolic]], but not enough for a character to qualify. They have to actually ''be'' the same person as the one in ''The Bible'' to be this trope. If the name is the only connection, see [[NamesToRunAwayFrom/BiblicalNames Names To Run Away From: Biblical Names]]. See also the NameOfCain and TheDescendantsOfCain.

* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', Cain killed Abel to prevent his brother from being corrupted by Lucifer and then became one of the first demons. He was the first [[EliteMooks Knight of Hell]] and trained all the others, including BigBadEnsemble member Abaddon. He then [[LoveRedeems fell in love]] with a human woman and had a HeelFaceTurn. After she was killed by Abaddon, he slaughtered most of the other Knights and went into hiding. Dean and Crowley accidentally track him down when they search for a weapon that can kill Abaddon.
** Biblical bad guys make up about 90% of the villains on Supernatural, with Lucifer being the bad guy for two seasons and various demons and [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angels]] making up the rest. Archangel Michael, while technically a WellIntentionedExtremist, was actually just as bad as Lucifer. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were also major villains, with the character of Death recurring every other season or so. Death wasn't a bad guy, but the other three definitely were.

** The Blood Red Queen of Hearts was body-hopping demoness who was identified as the Whore of Babylon.

* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': In one of the 90s Harris stories Vampirella fights the "Black Pope of the Vampire Church", who turns out to be Judas Iscariot.

'''Note:''' {{Satan}}, GodIsEvil, and the HorsemenOfTheApocalypse have their own tropes.

The bad guys from ''Literature/TheBible'' are well known and as such don't require introduction, and [[VillainByDefault everyone knows they are evil]]. The really handy thing is that many of them are regularly theorized to be [[BlessedWithSuck cursed]] with [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortality]] as part of their punishment for being bad guys, providing a decent reason for them to show up in any time period.

* In ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', it's revealed in the optional glyphs that Cain killed Abel [[spoiler:over a Piece of Eden and was the founder of the [[TheKnightsTemplar Templar Order]].]]

* Cain from ''ComicBook/TheStrangeTalentOfLutherStrode'' is ... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin explicitly the biblical Cain]].

* Not a direct example, but The Knights of the Blackened Denarius in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' get their powers from 30 silver coins, each with a fallen angel inside. The coins are heavily implied to be ''the'' 30 coins that Judas was paid to betray Jesus. Nicodemus, leader of the Knights, also wears the noose Judas hung himself with as a necktie; it offers him protection from anything. [[spoiler:Except, as Harry finds out when he tugs on the end of it, itself.]]

* [[spoiler:Naoya]] in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' [[spoiler:is a reincarnation of Cain, punished by God to be reborn every time the old body dies, and has the memory of every life time he has lived ever since his first life. [[ThePunishment Over his long life he has become obsessed with revenge]] and seeks to achieve that by having Abel, the player character]], rebel against God. Granted, this is ''MegaTen'', so [[GodIsEvil YHWH]] [[GreyAndGreyMorality kinda deserves it]]. It is implied in Overclocked that YHWH [[spoiler:manipulated Cain into killing Abel.]]

* Adam is a GhostRider villain who felt bad about the whole original sin thing, and so plotted to use Ghost Rider's powers to burn sin out of the world.

** Cain is also alluded to in the VideoGame ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines''. [[spoiler:Apparently, he spends his eternal afterlife working as a cab driver in Downtown LA.]] Playing as a [[MadOracle Malkavian]], you realize this when [[spoiler:you eventually meet him]]. You would GoMadFromTheRevelation, but, y'know, you already ''are''.

*** TabletopGame/WraithTheOblivion suggests she might be Grandmother.

** It's implied that the only reason that Abel only died because of Cain's [AttackReflector] that he can not turn off.

* In ''Film/{{Dracula 2000}}'', [[spoiler:Dracula is Judas who is also the Wandering Jew, a legend of a man forced to WalkTheEarth very clearly based on the story of Cain.]] Interestingly, [[spoiler:the way to kill him is to re-create the conditions of the incomplete hanging that caused him to be trapped between life and death]].

* In ''[[ComicBook/TheMultiversity Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World]]'', ComicBook/VandalSavage of Earth-40 is heavily implied to be Cain, with the meteor that gave him his powers being the rock that he used to kill Abel.