History Main / EqualOpportunityEvil

-->'''Lamarr:''' I want you to round up ''every'' vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down.
-->''(Taggart looks for a pen and paper while Hedley talks)''
-->'''Lamarr:''' I want [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores rustlers, cutthroats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperadoes]], [[RhymingList mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers]], [[LongList con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers]] and ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Methodists!]]''

* The criminal gangs in the various ''[[Franchise/TheCrow Crow]]'' movies were pretty ethnically diverse. Even the [[BrotherSisterIncest brother/sister]] team in [[Film/TheCrow the first film]] were of different ethnicities (they were half-siblings).

** The League of Shadows from ''Film/BatmanBegins'' had Europeans, Asians, and at least one African among its ranks in the few scenes we see them [[FacelessGoons with their masks off]] (a review of the LicensedGame pointed out how jarring it seemed that the enemies the player faces in the game are very racially mixed).

* The federal government in ''Literature/{{Victoria}}'' is a multi-ethnic, anti-racist [[TheEmpire empire]] that consciously practices this, with even cabinet officers selected for "representation" rather than competence. As with ''The Turner Diaries'', its diversity is intended to signify irredeemable corruption. After its downfall, the new villains who take its place generally avert this, however, as each race and sectional interest tends to coalesce in its own successor state.

* All three of the main antagonist factions in ''VideoGame/WatchDogsLegion'' - [[PrivateMilitaryContractors Albion]], [[LondonGangster Clan Kelley]] and [[SinisterSpyAgency Signals Intelligence Response Service]] are depicted as being very willing to hire just about anyone, as long as they can pick up a gun and follow their respective values, and employ roughly equal numbers of men and women from a wide variety of racial backgrounds. According to billboards seen around London, Albion even offers expatriates from other countries visa sponsorship during their hiring process!

* The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' seem to take anyone with a sick sense of humour (of course, considering [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker whom the gang members have as their hero]], [[MonsterClown almost everyone's face ends up getting whitened anyway]]), regardless of gender and ethnicity, and of the three spliced hoods in "Splicers" one's female and one's black.

-->'''Gangbanger:''' "Let's beat him up! But not because of his color, because that doesn't matter to us!"
* Cobra in ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'' is made up of people from all corners of the world, with Cobra Commander himself being one of the only white American males. In the original Marvel/Sunbow cartoons, at least, Cobra is predominantly filled with Caucasian males; women are notably absent from the rank-and-file Cobra Vipers, and the partially-exposed face masks they wear make the absence of dark skin obvious. There are a few noticeable (and generally uncommented on, curiously enough) exceptions with Cobra troopers--most prominently in the episode "Spell of the Siren," with Cobra ''and'' the Joes forming ad hoc {{Amazon Brigade}}s of their female [[RedShirt unnamed low-ranking troops]] after most of the men are zombified.

* While not seen in the army itself, ([[MenAreTheExpendableGender probably for other reasons]]), Shan-Yu and the Huns in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' are notably among the few men never to show any sexism towards Mulan, just seeing her as another enemy and [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight never even remarking on her gender]]. This is TruthInTelevision (Hun women enjoyed a lot of freedoms, including [[ActionGirl right to fight alongside the men]]) and creates an interesting contrast with the heroic Chinese forces, [[DeliberateValuesDissonance who have their period-accurate misogyny on full display]].

** In the 2008 ''Film/IronMan1'' film the villainous terrorist group operating in Afghanistan, the Ten Rings, is described as having members speaking a variety of languages from all over Central Asia, plus Russian and Hungarian. [[InformedAttribute Though, with one exception, all the members we actually see are Pakistanis who speak Urdu.]] Astute fans of the comic book might not have been surprised if an East Asian showed his face, too... ([[spoiler:As the leader of the group, naturally.]]) Which is a case of TruthInTelevision. Many of the paramilitary and terrorist groups are open to and include considerable numbers of Europeans and North Africans (though not Pashtun-dominated groups like the Taliban, i.e. the ones you'd actually find in Afghanistan, who are quite xenophobic).

** ''Film/IronMan3'' has a white American Ten Rings operative. And if the legend put forth in the short is to be believed, the entire organization was founded on the teachings of the Mandarin, an ancient Chinese warrior king.

** Loki's henchmen in ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' are racially diverse. Where they're from is never specified though; [[Characters/MCUClintBarton Hawkeye]] just refers to them as enemies of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}

** Among the series four {{Elemental Nation}}s, the [[PlayingWithFire Fire]] [[TheEmpire Nation]] has integrated women into their armed forces (though they're only seen in the homeland, never the occupying army even though Zhao implies their presence while giving a speech to his army: "We are the sons and daughters of Fire -- the superior element!"), none of them question being ordered around by [[DaddysLittleVillain a teenage girl]], and [[NoPrisonSegregation even their prisons are unisex]]. Contrast this with the Northern Water Tribe, which [[StayInTheKitchen didn't even allow women to learn combative]] [[MakingASplash Waterbending]] until Southern Tribemember Katara forced the issue, and the Earth Kingdom, which doesn't have any women in positions of power. And though the typical Fire Nation policy and attitude towards other nations is [[FantasticRacism essentially racist]], Princess Azula is quite willing to employ the Dai Li (the [[DishingOutDirt Earthbender]] SecretPolice of Ba Sing Se, whose ruthlessness she admires), and even returns to the homeland with a personal contingent of them.

** The SequelSeries also has the titular Avatar Korra visit the multicultural Republic City, where criminal gangs are common. While some seem to be racially exclusive, the [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triple Threat Triads]] each consist of a Firebender, Waterbender, and Earthbender. (Compare the police force, which used to be entirely Earthbenders, but is now more diverse).

* The Royal Guard in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has been shown to be almost exclusively male, with only a couple of female soldiers appearing as of the finale of Season 8. Cue the BadFuture scenarios where both King Sombra ''and'' Nightmare Moon are shown having unisex armies (albeit [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] in the former's case), with Celestia presumably only recruiting females out of desperation ([[https://trixiebooru.org/1032048 One scene]] even implied [[ChildSoldiers kids were fighting]]). As of Season 9, Celestia is ''finally'' averting this and having an inclusive guard of males and females (though it still implies it was done out of necessity to shore up their numbers after Sombra's [[NearVillainVictory nearly successful coup]]). Also in Season 9, Grogar doesn't seem to care who or what you are so long as you're willing to serve his cause, as his team consists of the unicorn King Sombra, the centaur Lord Tirek, the changeling Queen Chrysalis, and the pegasus Cozy Glow. It's fitting, considering his status as a gender-flipped MotherOfAThousandYoung who unleashed thousands of various monster species on the world to wreak havoc.

Bad guys are often remarkably open when it comes to race, gender, religion, species, and so forth of their members. [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Some races might always be evil]], but evil really knows no bounds. If the characters have [[AmbitionIsEvil the ambition]], [[BloodKnight the bloodlust]], [[KickTheDog the hatred of puppies]], or [[ForTheEvulz the simple enjoyment of being evil]], they're welcome to sign up. EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily, after all.

* In the ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' manga, the Gung-Ho Guns were very equal-opportunity in employing all manner of disabilities and lifestyles (a paraplegic, a quadriplegic, a gang of midgets, a child [[spoiler:who's really a sandworm, but point stands]], a one-eyed woman, a transvestite, a samurai, a man with split personality, their own musician...) As long as they were sufficiently villainous and ruthless, Knives didn't care since he doesn't care enough about humans to discriminate.

* This becomes a major plot point in book 5 of ''Literature/CombatantsWillBeDispatched''. Kirasagi's decision to take in and protect the Demons puts them at odds with the human kingdoms including their allies in the Kingdom of Grace.
* While the Red Ribbon Army of ''Manga/DragonBall'' wears [[PuttingOnTheReich strangely familiar uniforms]], they apparently do not discriminate based on race, species, gender or sexual orientation. Commander Red is a redheaded dwarf, his adjutant Black is a tall, black man, {{Ninja}} Murasaki is obviously "Japanese", Sergeant Metallic is a giant android, General Blue is based on an Aryan, but he's gay (and also a pedophile in the anime adaptation), Colonel Yellow is a tiger-man, and Colonel Violet is a woman (despite the fact that Blue said he Red Ribbon Army has no need for women). Colonel Silver and General White look like normal Caucasian dudes, with the former being also a ginger. The assassin they hire, Tao Pai Pai, is "Chinese".
** Freeza has numerous different alien races working as members of his Planet Trade Organization. Debatable, however, since Freeza doesn't employ any of his own species. Remember that these are soldiers and thus at risk of injury and death. It's also made ''very'' clear that he is extremely racist toward Saiyans despite initially making the entire race work for him.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' gives us Sir Crocodile, who has hired a black man, a flamboyant transvestite, old people, and every male member of his team has a completely equal female partner, including himself. Sure he may be evil, but at least he isn't prejudiced! Well, the transvestite doesn't have a partner. He considered himself his own partner in that regard.
** Doflamingo's crew is just as diverse as Crocodile's. There are people of all ages, any gender, and all levels of weirdness.
** The Big Mom Pirates have this as their dream, where their captain wants to create a nation where all races of the world can sit equally at the table... with her in charge of it of course. She also has had kids with basically every race and species that can breed with humans as part of her crew, and her nation is equally diverse. The Giants and [[spoiler:Lunarians]] are among the few races she's missing, the former having an immense hatred for her, while the latter is almost extinct.
** Even the World Government has a diverse hiring practice, with several women, giants, and people of color holding command ranks and even Vice-Admiral and Admiral level positions.

* The DUCK organization from ''Anime/{{Tsuritama}}''. The [[CosmopolitanCouncil top brass]] has black, Arabic, and Asian members, as well as a great gender ratio, and their lead agent, Akira, is Indian.
* ''Manga/BlackLagoon'''s [[RuthlessModernPirates Lagoon]] [[VillainProtagonist Company]] consists of a black man, a Chinese-American woman, a Japanese man, and a Jewish-American man.

* Mello's [[TheMafia Mafia]] gang in ''Manga/DeathNote'' appears to be this. Rod Ross doesn't seem to judge on appearances or background. Case in point: Mello is young (as in, barely out of his teens), [[PrettyBoy pretty, androgynous, and blond]], AmbiguouslyGay, and foreign...yet he's ''practically'' [[TheDon the group's leader]]. (Nominally, that title goes to Rod, but in practice ''he'' answers to Mello).
* Millenium from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is a mild case of this, at least by the extremely low bar set by [[ThoseWackyNazis the Third Reich.]] Whereas in RealLife the Nazis were very big on women [[StayInTheKitchen remaining in the kitchen]], Millenium has two women in its senior ranks and appears to be willing to bring in individuals like Jan Valentine and Tubalcain 'the Dandy Man' Alhambra who seem to be less than the Aryan ideal.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** The Holy Britannian Empire is a [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagging]] example of this trope. Being reminiscent of Nazi Germany, they are known for being ''very racist'' against anyone who isn't Britannian. That being said, they're surprisingly cool with women seeing as how there are numerous female members among their ranks. Also, there seems to be some diversity among them, as suggested by Villetta Nu (AmbiguouslyBrown) and Dorothea Ernst (black). Seemingly, being "Britannian" is defined solely by having Britannian parents, without regard for skin color. Emperor Charles zi Britannia also doesn't actually share is empire's racist philosophy, but he encourages it anyway as part of his [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]]: non-Britannians must show the talent and strength of will to overcome the systemic racism in order to advance and keep on overcoming that discrimination even after being appointed "Honorary Britannian". [[{{Deuteragonist}} Suzaku Kururugi]] proves it's actually possible to do this, being elevated as one of the Emperor's personal knights in season 2.
** If you view them as [[EvilVersusEvil villains]], The Order of the Black Knights fit. They're the [[LaResistance resistance]] whose goal is to liberate Japan from [[TheEmpire Britannia]]. As you can imagine, the vast majority of members are Japanese, but it's explicitly stated that your ethnicity is of little importance, and they're trying to reform Japan in the vision of the United States of America ([[AlternateHistory what it was supposed to be anyways]]). Case in point, their leader Zero aka Lelouch vi Britannia is of [[BlueBlood royal Britannian ancestry]]. Their top brass includes a [[ButNotTooForeign half-Japanese/half-Britannian]] woman as his right-hand (Kallen), an [[BollywoodNerd Indian woman]] running the R&D department (Rakshata), and a [[TokenEnemyMinority Britannian]] as the head of PR (Diethard). Also, it doesn't seem to matter much if you're a man or a woman as long as you can fight for them. The organization only gets more diverse later on.
* Many of the dark guilds in ''Manga/FairyTail'' operate under this position since they're criminals by their very existence and need all the manpower possible to thrive should the legal guilds receive requests from clients or the Magic Council to take them down. The [[TheEmpire Alvarez Empire]] on the neighboring continent takes the cake, however, since it came into existence when ''all'' the light and dark guilds across the country joined together in expanding its influence, and its Emperor's PraetorianGuard is made up of not just people from the Empire, but several that came from the continent of Ishgal (where the Fairy Tail guild and most of the events of the story take place) they intend to invade, as well as [[RoboticReveal sentient machines]], [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons created by one of the most infamous wizards in history]], and [[spoiler:a {{Weredragon}}]].
* Used almost to the point of Deconstruction in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia.''
** The League of Villains goes in this direction after they start recruiting. One of their members, Kenji Hikishi (Magne), is a male-to-female transgender and everybody refers to her with the proper pronouns -- even Shigaraki, who generally seems to care very little about what people think. In fact, Magne's teammate Jin (Twice) gets violently angry at someone for misgendering "Big Sis Magne" [[spoiler:and even moreso when that same person kills her]].
** The League of Villains also boasts within its numbers Shigaraki, an abandoned child from an abusive home, Spinner, [[FantasticRacism who was the victim of extreme prejudice and racism because of his reptile-like appearance,]] and Toga and Twice, who both suffer from pretty extreme mental illness. Those last three explicitly feel like the League Of Villains is the only place they feel like they've ever belonged, and regard the other members of their team as family.
** At the same time, the League's founder, All For One, is a subversion of this Trope. He adopts this rhetoric in his speeches to his followers, and seeks out those on the fringes of society to bestow his "gifts," but his kindness is transparently false. In reality, he only recruits people who are the victims of prejudice or who fail to fit in because they're vulnerable and more willing to buy into his beliefs, much like how real cultists seek out new members. Flashbacks show him smiling as he proudly tells his brother about killing large groups of his "ungrateful friends" who realized what a monster he was and tried to walk away.
** It's almost inverted on the part of the Heroes. While no major hero we meet is outright ''prejudiced,'' the status quo they uphold has led to a very rigid and inflexible society, and many of the villains we see were driven to their current lives when they failed to find a place in it.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'', Krang is an "equal opportunity tyrant"; he uses that phrase himself when he hires Lotus Blossom.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' [[Characters/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerTheHorde The Horde]] uses anyone as his soldiers, regardless of the species or gender (it is implied that many have been [[ChildSoldiers kidnapped from their parents]]). They also use this as propaganda, accusing the princess alliance of [[FantasticRacism despising those who are not like they.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', Tombstone is a ScaryBlackMan ''and'' an albino. His bodyguards are black men and women.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', one of the mooks of Baron von Ünderbheit explains that in Ünderland, both men and women are required to serve in the Baron's army between ages 12 and 36 (at age 37, they are executed). All of the Baron's mooks to appear on-screen seem to be male, however. (Except [[CrossesTheLineTwice Girl Hitler]], who leads the TerribleTrio[=/=]QuirkyMinibossSquad [[spoiler:and later LaResistance]]).
* The [[LegionOfDoom Masters of Evil]] in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' are quite diverse. Among the group's members are Baron Zemo (German Nazi... [[NoSwastikas sorry, HYDRA agent]] from UsefulNotes/WorldWarII), the Abomination (English citizen of Russian descent), Radioactive Man (Chinese), the Enchantress (Asgardian woman), and Chemistro (African American).
* In ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', [[Characters/YoungJustice2010TheLight The Light]] seems to be some kind of [[TheSocialDarwinist human-supremacy group]], but doesn't limit itself to any specific kind of human: there's white unpowered human male (Lex Luthor), white Atlantean male (Ocean Master), white French cybernetically-modified male (the Brain), Arab metahuman female (Queen Bee), black unpowered human male (Black Manta), Asian unpowered human male (Ra's al Ghul), and an AmbiguouslyBrown metahuman caveman (Vandal Savage). They also let in Klarion, [[HumanoidAbomination who is not, technically, a human at all]] (and is mostly in it [[ItAmusedMe For the Lulz]]).
* The Jokerz in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' seem to take anyone with a sick sense of humour (of course, considering [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker whom the gang members have as their hero]], [[MonsterClown almost everyone's face ends up getting whitened anyway]]), regardless of gender and ethnicity, and of the three spliced hoods in "Splicers" one's female and one's black.

* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': [[Characters/CarmenSandiegoVILE V.I.L.E.]] is a highly diverse organization, both among its operatives and its ruling council. A good example would be Carmen's former classmates; besides herself (born in Argentina and raised on V.I.L.E.'s base), there's Gray/Crackle (Australian), Sheena/Tigress (albino), Jean-Paul/Le Chévre (French and dark-skinned), Antonio/El Topo (Spanish), Mime Bomb (white), and Paper Star (Japanese).
* [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' only cares that his followers abide by the Coven system and are loyal. Indeed, the Boiling Isles as a whole are shockingly progressive for a fascist dictatorship where MightMakesRight, with discrimination based on species, race, gender, and sexual orientation being pretty much non-existent. [[spoiler:However, "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E16HollowMind Hollow Mind]]" reveals that Belos is a 17th century Witch Hunter, [[SubvertedTrope who plans to kill all witches]] as he sees them as AlwaysChaoticEvil.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': In a universe where most of the male villains are clearly misogynist, Bane stands out for treating Harley with any respect. Despite him complaining about political correctness ruining comedy when nobody laughs at his ocean toilet jokes, he's also the only member of the Injustice League shown to have hired women for [[{{mooks}} muscle]] rather than eye candy. Hell, the reason he gives for why he was out of Gotham for the season 1 finale was that he was dog sitting for his aunt's girlfriend.
-->'''Bane:''' We're very supportive.

* This is the founding principle of Hebijo Academy from ''VideoGame/SenranKagura'': "Where good favors few, evil accepts all". In other words, they'll take anybody who pays the entrance fee while good shinobi academies only accept those who have a clean record and are already training to be ninja. Of course, this means that Hebijo gets the drop-outs, expelled, delinquents, losers, lowlife, psychos, and people who wandered in off the street, so they have to compensate with TrainingFromHell.
** Hebijo has no problem whatsoever in admitting a student who enrolls ''openly intending to murder'' another student. If a student who's been there longer can't guard against such assassinations, it's their own damn fault. Shinovi Versus reveals this even extends to teachers.
** It's worth noting that "evil" here is [[GreyAndGrayMorality a borderline misnomer]]. "Evil" Shinobi just take corporate contracts when they graduate instead of government ones.
* Many of the evil organisations in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', to the point that the racist organisations like the Scarlet Crusade, the Grimtotem, or Garrosh Hellscream's "True Horde" are the ''exception''. Criminal organisations such as the Defias Brotherhood, the Venture Co. or the Bloodsail pirates employ members from the Alliance (mostly humans) and the Horde (orcs, Forsaken...) as well as non-aligned races (ogres, gnolls) as mercenaries, while cults like the Shadow Council, the Cult of the Damned, the Wyrmcult or the Twilight's Hammer accept anybody fanatic/hungry for power/nihilist or stupid enough to join them.
* ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' takes this into an interesting combination. Henchmen can indeed be picked from anywhere in the world, but the [[YouAllLookFamiliar limited number of models]] means that minions all look identical. However, clicking and zooming on a minion gives a mini-biography, and shows that each has a different name and last name, many are Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Asian. Clearly, the Evil Genius may be a heartless power seeker, willing to execute minions [[YouHaveFailedMe at the drop of a hat]], but (s)he values diversity, or at least [[BadBoss regards everyone else with equal contempt]]. Lampshaded in-game, where a couple of the Acts of Infamy point out that the Evil Organization is equal-opportunity, and thus will spread pain and misery in equal amounts to everyone. One mission involves burning down a national park, if only because "we've been focusing on urban mayhem lately." [[VideoGame/EvilGenius2 The sequel]] introduces more varied skin tones and adds female models to the basic minions to make a more firm example of the trope.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'': Throughout. The very first QuirkyMinibossSquad contained two Russians, a Brit, a German, an Inuit, and an American, and from then on teams get even weirder. In context, probably Dead Cell are the strangest, with an openly bisexual Romanian and a black woman as the two team leaders in what was originally a [=SEALs=] unit.
* Most gangs in the ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series have male and female members (the exception being the all-male Luchadores), but typically limit themselves to one race with maybe some outliers among the basic {{Mooks}}. The Saints seem to be the sole racially diverse gang, even among the higher ranks, and of course they are definitely the only gang that is willing to accept as its leader [[VirtualPaperDoll a morbidly obese, mohawked, bearded man with neon green skin who walks around in nothing but a lacy bra and panties that perfectly compliment his rough Cockney accent]]. Yes, even ''despite'' the fact that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint green has been the colour of two enemy gangs so far]].
* Villains in the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series are known to contain a variety of different evil minions. The most famous being of course, Bowser, whose Mooks include giant mushrooms, giant turtles, evil man-eating plants, squids of varying sizes, evil fish, ghosts, and some games have enemies unique to them.
* Similar to Bowser, Ganon's army in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' is made up of not just similar beings like gerudo, or moblins, but virtually every animal -or monstrous- being in Hyrule as well. Most notable in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'', where the Dark Forces have a slew of different monsters that their armies can mix and match for a variety of different army setups. In contrast, the Hyrulean Forces simply use Hylian and Goron soldiers as troops.
* In ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', Dracula's evil army contains the undead, classic horror monsters, virtually every mythological monster you can think of, and various other enemies that all fit into other categories. Oh, and ''[[TheGrimReaper Death]]'', [[TheDragon of course]]. Even the occasional ''human'' makes it into his ranks provided they're evil and/or loyal enough, like the Dark Priest Shaft (No, not [[Film/{{Shaft}} that]] one), the Witch Actrise, and the Devil Forgemaster Issac, to say nothing of numerous {{Mooks}} that are apparently human like the Gravekeeper and the Invisible Man.
* The Warlock/Dungeon town in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic'' contains a wide variety of creatures of the course of the series, which include harpies, minotaurs, centaurs, hydras, hot dark elves, and their signature unit, dragons. The Barbarians of I and II were also somewhat free in their hiring, featuring goblins, orcs, trolls, ogres, cyclopes, and wolves (and a large number of human heroes) - all traditional [[TheHorde horde-related creatures]], but better than just undead. III removed the barbarians/Stronghold from the evil camp, and the new [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Inferno]] town wasn't quite so inclusive[[note]]But more inclusive than it might seem at first glance, the RPG series revealing that efreet, gogs, and imps (and probably hellhounds, as well) were not invading aliens that arrived in a Night of Shooting Stars.[[/note]]
* Part of the ideology that Atriox and the Banished in ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' operate on is where, unlike the Covenant, all species, including humans, are welcome to join and have equal opportunity to achieve greatness (even Grunts - though still mistreated by everybody else - have the ability to rise to more prominent positions in the hierarchy of the Banished), though the Banished's definition of greatness is "having a larger slice of the power pie as we loot and plunder across the galaxy". The reason for this is due to Atriox not caring for genocide and conflicts between species, which he sees as a pointless barrier between species that could work together and reach their full potential, rather than just mindlessly killing each other for what Atriox considers to be petty reasons.

* The {{Colonel Badass}}es from ''[[VideoGame/JustCause Just Cause 2]]'' have Chinese, Indians, and Malays in their numbers, if the names are any indication.
* Mad King Ashnard of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance'' was said to hire any powerful men without regard for their backgrounds or motives, in accordance with his [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] beliefs. He's an odd example because he does seem to personally be racist (he uses the subhuman slur at various points in the game), but has no qualms about working with Laguz such as Ena and [[spoiler:Nasir]] as well as the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Feral Ones]] out of appreciation for their strength. He even [[spoiler:took a Dragon Laguz as his wife, albeit solely based on his belief that she would bear him a powerful heir]]. He also has at least one [[HalfHumanHybrid Branded]], [[spoiler:Petrine]], under his command, and shows no ill will towards her for it, though it's unclear if he knows what she is or not. This extends to other humans as well, as Sothe mentions he has no problem with recruiting lower class citizens into his army as long as they're capable (something that was noted to be uncommon for the setting), and employs the BlackKnight despite having no clue as to his identity or motives and based solely on the fact that the man can get results.
* ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' plays this seemingly straight for the 12th-century [[AncientConspiracy Templars]], featuring both Arabs and European Crusaders in their ranks. However, it's downplayed in the spinoff sequel ''Bloodlines'', where former [[ActionGirl high-ranking Templar Maria]] has now lost her status and is pretty much hunted since she no longer has Robert de Sablé to keep her in despite the No Women Allowed rule.
** In the sequels and other games in the franchise, however, it appears the Templars have greatly expanded their equal-opportunity employment, which is especially impressive since the games take place in extremely socially reactionary historical time periods such as the [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedIII American Revolution]] and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate Victorian London]]. ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedSyndicate'' shows this best with the Templars having male and female agents and leaders in seemingly equal numbers. Of course, the modern-day Templars are even more egalitarian, naturally.
** Ironically, it's revealed in ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOrigins'' that the Templars' predecessors, the Order of Ancients, were just as egalitarian as their distant future counterparts since they employed Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans of both genders into their group. In fact, one of the reasons their leaders spare TheHero Bayek (a black Egyptian) was because they hoped [[WeCanRuleTogether he'd come around and join them]].
* The racist FirstPersonShooter ''VideoGame/EthnicCleansing'' has you fighting a force composed of black, Latino, and Jewish enemies. Like ''Literature/TheTurnerDiaries'' example above (the game contains a speech by that book's writer as an EasterEgg), the enemies are depicted as evil ''because'' they are equal opportunity. This trope also crops up in the SpiritualSuccessor ''White Law'', which is primarily an AuthorTract railing against multiculturalism and race-mixing.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' and [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle its sequel]] feature very diverse enemies in terms of ethnicity, lifestyle, etc. In between the two, they included an old Soviet Cosmonaut, a black girl with a Japanese name, a straight-up Japanese man, an English schoolgirl, an all-American quarterback, a character actor, a Polish magician, a German punk-rock star, a black Irish cult leader, and an amputee/fashion model/marine, just to name a few.

* In ''VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution'', despite being based in a Chinese city [[spoiler:and explicitly being under the control of a Triad leader]], the Harvester street gang has a large amount of American accented {{Scary Black M|an}}en (who ironically call ''Jensen'' "gwailo" or "laowai", Chinese racist terms for "foreigner"). Also, the five main bad guys you face are composed of an Afro-Russian, a Southern-American, an Israeli super-soldier, a [[spoiler:Chinese businesswoman and a knighted Englishman]]. Evil comes in many flavors.
* In ''VideoGame/SwordOfTheStars II'', a single pirate encounter can see you facing craft from all the different racial factions.

* Cerberus in the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' franchise is this from a Doylist perspective but is quite the [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain opposite trope]] from a Watsonian perspective. To elaborate, Cerberus is a human survivalist/supremacist group in a galaxy full of sentient races that have established United Nations-esque diplomatic relations with each other (mostly). Naturally, the Cerberus agenda to "look out for human interests" and "put humankind on top" is abhorrently racist InUniverse (just replace "human" with "Aryan" to see how this looks). However, from a RealLife perspective, Cerberus is quite progressive, with male and female operatives of all nationalities, ethnicities, and sexual orientations working together.
** Also, the only time you'll see people of multiple species working together in an organized capacity outside of [[TheFederation Citadel Space]] is in the galaxy's mercenary gangs and crime syndicates, such as the Blue Suns, Eclipse, and Aria's organization on Omega. By far the friendliest interactions between [[FantasticRacism humans and batarians or turians and krogan]] occur in this context.
** The Exiles in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' are murderous raiders, yet have no apparent discrimination based on species, race, or gender. Even turians and krogan can get along in the same gangs.
* In ''VideoGame/MortalKombat9'':
** The Lin Kuei seem to be this; they ally with Shao Kahn and the prominent Lin Kuei we see are from various backgrounds, such as Sektor (Chinese), Cyrax (Botswanan), Bi-Han (original Sub-Zero/Noob Saibot), and Kwai Liang (second Sub-Zero) (both Chinese-American), and Smoke (Czech).
** In fact, the bad guys in ''9'' are an overall fantastical version of this. Shao Kahn's Outworld forces include Kitana and Jade (Edenians, though they both defect), Reptile (Saurian), Baraka (Tarkatan), Shang Tsung and Kano (Humans, the former Chinese and the latter Australian), Goro, Kintaro, and Sheeva (Shokan), Mileena (Edenian/Tarkatan hybrid), and have a strategic alliance with the Netherrealm, which include Quan Chi (Demon), and Noob Saibot (Wraith). It's even more diverse considering the Lin Kuei are allies with them, who are all cyborgs from various Earth backgrounds. This trope is {{justified|Trope}} for a couple of reasons. The first being that Shao Kahn is a conqueror who has taken over many different realms and cultures, and utilizes them to his advantage. The second is that he has a [[AGodAmI god complex]], and likely views everyone else as being equally inferior.

* In ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'', while YHVH is a KnightTemplar MadGod, he is utterly consumed by his desire for egalitarianism. His subordinates, not really understanding his will, have occasionally fostered the birth of several highly classist societies. The moment He sees what's going on, all of that is ''immediately'' thrown out of the window in lieu of an effort to make ''everyone'' equal.

* ''Franchise/CarmenSandiego'''s V.I.L.E. has boasted villains of all ages, genders, nationalities, and even a couple who weren't human - and of course, their leader is a Hispanic woman herself (assuming that is her real name and not just an alias). However, in most cases, Carmen seems to only employ villains with {{Punny Name}}s.

* ''Franchise/FarCry'':
** ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' has the Royal Army of [[TheCaligula Pagan Min]]. In contrast to the Golden Path, which was implied to have very few women in it, with Amita as the first one, the Royal Army takes in pretty much anyone except Golden Path members, explaining why the American government was pulling out with the ongoing CivilWar. Pagan Min's comments about about having no problems with homosexuality imply he's fine with that kind of diversity as well. That being said, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation in actual gameplay]], female Golden Path militants are about as common as their male counterparts, while female Royal Army or Royal Guard soldiers are never encountered. Nonetheless, the governors include an American man, an Arabic-American woman and a Cantonese woman.
** Eden's Gate in ''VideoGame/FarCry5'', while in essence a Christian denomination DoomsdayCult led by the all-white Seed family, doesn't discriminate when it comes to indoctrinating new members. Their rank and file consists of both male and female members of varying ethnicity, a first for an enemy faction in the series.
** [[TheGeneralissimo Antón Castillo]] from ''VideoGame/FarCry6'' is also this to some extent. While he brutally suppresses and even enslaves anyone who shows even smallest signs of dissent, he otherwise doesn't care much about his subjects' ethnicities or genders as long as they pledge their loyalties to his regime. Most notably, unlike Pagan's Royal Army above, Castillo's FND foot soldiers and officers consist of people from both genders, and a female soldier is almost as likely to be encountered in gameplay as a male one. In fact, he apparently ''enforces'' this as he points out to Aña Benítez that the only reason he promoted her instead of "far more qualified personnel" is ''because'' she was the only woman in the running.
* In ''VideoGame/TheSims'', gender or race does not affect your ability to become a high-ranking criminal or a master vampire, and neither does being genderqueer in ''VideoGame/TheSims4''. Then again, it doesn't affect your performance in other careers or aspirations either.
* In ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', the East Europan Imperial Alliance army under Prince Maximilian is this. Prince Maximilian accepts anyone skillful in his ranks no matter who they are as shown by some of his commanders which include Selvaria Bles, a woman and a Valkyria, Radi Jaeger, a General from a nation that was once enemies with the Empire and Dahau, a Darcsen (their universe's equivalent of Jews), a race that the Empire dislikes, unlike his Gallian counterpart General Georg von Damon, who is both sexist and a Darcsen hater. Thus when he learns [[spoiler:Princess Cordelia gi Randgriz is not a Valkyria but a Darcsen, he still doesn't mind and still wants to marry her since she's still the legitimate ruler of Gallia]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'':
** NebulousEvilOrganisation Talon are the primary antagonists. They allow members of any gender, race, nationality, creed, and species. The five playable representatives so far are Reaper, Doomfist, Widowmaker, Sombra, and Moira; a Latin-American, a Nigerian, a Frenchwoman, a Mexican, and an Irishwoman, respectively.
*** Non-playable characters in Talon include Sanjay Korpal, an Indian; and Maximilien, a French Omnic as members of its ruling Council.
** MegaCorp Vishkar is another antagonistic faction. They started in Southern India and include members of both sexes, and also include members from all over the world.
** Los Muertos is a Mexican street gang known for having FantasticRacism towards Omnics, yet not only do they include women but at least one ''Omnic'' has been shown to be among them.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tyranny}}'' has Kyros' laws demanding equality between genders (which the description when you choose your character's gender explicitly contrast with the Tiers, the last conquered area, having established gender roles). Kyros' empire also accepts many forms of service and servants -- the individual factions may be more discriminating (which leads to the internal example of the Disfavored, an elite army that ''generally'' favours law and PragmaticVillainy, restricting membership to only Northerners, while the generally cruel, bloodthirsty horde of the Scarlet Chorus allows anyone in), but not Kyros themselves.
** The Scarlet Chorus, in fact, are basically a {{deconstruction}} of this trope. Not only are they a disorganized ArmyOfThievesAndWhores who are prone to [[KlingonPromotion infighting]] and desertion, the fact that they're explicitly a meritocracy makes them prone to [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]] since they have literally nothing to unite them except terror and violence.

* The various Raider gangs/tribes found throughout the ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series generally don't seem to have a problem with recruiting based on either gender or any particular ethnicity/racial group. As long as you're an evil cutthroat bastard, up for [[RapePillageAndBurn pillaging the innocent, weak, and defenseless]], you're okay in their book.
** Caesar's Legion in ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' also has men of all races at in various positions, and even had many of their founding members made up of the Blackfoot tribe of Native Americans (though their supposed "GodEmperor" is actually a Caucasian man who brainwashed them into obeying his rules along with eliminating their original culture). However, they're otherwise a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain complete aversion]] of this trope: [[NoWomansLand They treat women as property]], are virulently homophobic, [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil practice slavery]], highly anti-intellectual, and view all other cultures as being full of "profligates" who must be either [[FinalSolution completely exterminated]] or conquered and subsequently brainwashed/enslaved into accepting the Legion's way of life.
** [[TheMafia The Triggermen]] in ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' have a surprisingly high number of Ghouls in their gang, probably about 25% of the gang itself.
*** [[TheConspiracy The Institute]] from the same game is an interesting variation; racism and sexism do not seem to exist in the Institute, with several women and people of color in significant positions of power, respect and influence. Additionally, the Institute itself is (at least officially) classless, to the point where their internal economy operates on the barter system (the Institute proper doesn't use currency excluding their weapons and armor merchant Synth). However, "mundane" forms of human bigotry have been replaced with both a high-minded contempt for the surface Wastelanders and the enslavement of [[ArtificialHumans Synthkind]].
* In ''El Matador'' we have a [[TheCartel Columbian drug cartel]] employing BadassIsraeli Major Yusuf Low and run by [[NaziGrandpa ex-Nazi]] Helmut Koch.
* [[TheSocialDarwinist Noxus]] of ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' is often presented as the 'Evil' faction in its war with fellow nation, Demacia. But despite its [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver red and black]] color scheme and general war-hungry reputation, anyone can be someone in Noxus. Man or woman, highest of aristocracy or lowest of alley dwellers, regular fighter or powerful magic user if [[MightMakesRight they can fight their way to the top.]] While Demacia, often presented as TheGoodKingdom, is prone to class elitism and ostracizing of anyone not high in social circles and is [[AntiMagicalFaction completely forbidding of mages]].
* The Lost MC in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIVTheLostAndDamned'' are a fairly diverse bike gang with [[OldSoldier Clay]] (African-American), [[TheLancer Jim]] (AmbiguouslyBrown), [[DisabledSnarker Angus]] (wheelchair-bound) and the main protagonist [[NobleDemon Johnny]] (Jewish, albeit [[InformedJudaism non-practicing]]) in contrast to their rivals, the white supremacist Angels of Death. That is not to say all their members are tolerant; [[FalseFriend Billy Grey]] and [[SmugSnake Brian Jeremy]] are [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain bigoted towards Slavs and the Chinese]] and occasionally throwing antisemitic slurs towards Johnny. Unsurprisingly, they happen to be the most despicable members of the Lost [[spoiler:who end up betraying them at one point or another]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' continues to depict The Lost MC as multiracial, and starting in the 2020's also having active female members, and female gang members also appear with many of the other gangs in the game, especially [[{{Gangbangers}} Families, Ballas and Vagos]]. The Professionals and Merriweather Security are all male multiethnic groups.
* The Payday Gang of ''VideoGame/PaydayTheHeist'' is a group of bank robbers that consists of two Americans, a Swede, and a Brit. In ''Videogame/Payday2'', the various [=DLCs=] extend the roster so that the gang includes a Croatian, a Russian, and even a mixed-blood former {{Yakuza}} among many others, including women.
* ''VideoGame/{{Crackdown}}'': While the first two of Pacific City's gangs are homogeneously Hispanic and Russian respectively, the third is a massive, domineering East-Asian [[MegaCorp corporate oligarchy]] whose board of directors is made up of two Chinese (including their [[TheDon Managing Director]]), two Americans (one a black ex-Special Forces officer), a Brit and two Slavs. It also has two female lieutenants, tying it with [[TheMafiya The Volk]] for the most women in command positions.

* Ostensibly done in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction'', where one of Emperor Tachyon's employment videos ends with the line "Emperor Tachyon is an equal opportunity oppressor". Despite this, you only ever face male Drophyds [[spoiler:and Cragmites]] when fighting his forces.
* In the ''Skyrim'' game mod ''VideoGame/{{Falskaar}}'', this is [[PlayingWithATrope played with]]. It's noted that many of the bandits in Falskaar are not Nords and have turned there because (they feel that) they have nowhere else to go. However, this doesn't stop the Nord bandits from shouting racial slurs at the Dragonborn when their non-Nord colleagues are less than five feet away. Similarly, while Yngvarr will willingly recruit non-Nords, he doesn't have all that much sympathy for them beyond "how good are they as CannonFodder". Furthermore, the "good guys" of Amber Creed may be mostly Nords, but don't hold racial prejudices.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsColdWar'', despite being a renegade Soviet/Russian spy ring, Perseus as a whole faction is surprisingly diverse in ethnic background and gender for its era. Within its commanding circle alone are an American, two Iranians, an East German, and [[spoiler:[[AndZoidberg Bell]], whose ethnicity and gender are left up to the player's decision]].
** The faction is even more diverse in Multiplayer mode [[spoiler: [[DragonAscendant after Stitch takes up the mantle]]]], which in addition of Russian Stitch, also includes a Norwegian woman (Wraith), a Laotian (Naga), an Irish (Knight), a black South African (Jackal), a Japanese woman (Kitsune) and a Spaniard (Fuze).
* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'', compared to its [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs predecessor]], has a lot more equality among its enemy groups:
** The WLF army is quite diverse for a military that openly commits genocide and will kill anyone they so much as ''think'' is a threat, as their ranks include an equal number of men and women of varying races. Their leader, Isaac, is even a black man.
** Although they're an extremely backwards religious cult who wish death upon one of their members for coming out as trans, the Seraphites don't seem to have a problem with letting women join their armies.
** From what little screentime they have, the Rattlers appear to have both men and women, once again of different races, on their forces.
* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', every antagonistic faction, like Crawford, Carver's men, and even something as small as the Save-Lot Bandits, will have both genders and all races. The only exceptions are family groups like the St. John family (and even they were open to letting others like Lee and Clementine join) and the Russian group, and even ''those'' groups involve both men and women.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}'', Scar generally gets along with the hyenas (though being a snob, he looks down on ''everyone'') and is more than willing to employ them in his plans to take the throne, and integrates them into the Pride Lands after becoming king, whereas the other "good" lions are pretty big pricks to them (though they may have their reasons). (Hilariously, this has led [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical some conservative propagandists to portray Scar as an evil socialist]] because he gave special privileges to the hyenas and the Pride Lands fell into decay as a result). Additionally, going by [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg their]] [[Creator/CheechAndChong voice]] [[Creator/JimCummings1952 actors]], the hyenas [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed]] are respectively black, Hispanic, and white.

* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'': All For One has no issues making witches and demons of the Boiling Isles his followers and planed to extradite them back to his home world after taking over the Demon Realm. A useful pawn is a useful pawn regardless of their race, after all.

* ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'': Michael Myers doesn’t care if you're white, hispanic, black, gay, straight, disabled, female, male, or other. He ''will'' kill you.

** [[BlackAndGrayMorality For a given value of "evil]], EmperorScientist Klaus Wulfenbach also fits this trope (He runs TheEmpire, but he's much less evil than [[BigBad The Other]]). [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070820 According to]] the Heterodyne's old Seneschal, he has a knack for finding spots for monsters in his employ, like former [[PirateGirl Pirate Queen]] [[PsychoForHire Bangladesh DuPree]] or SuperSoldier / MagicalNanny [[CombatSadomasochist Von Pinn]].