History Main / EqualOpportunityEvil

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Not evil so much as ruthlessly Darwinian, but Fort Briggs will accept anyone who’s competent in to their forces. As Olivier Armstrong explains in one scene, they don’t have the luxury of discrimination.

** Same with the ''Fanfic/MRATrilogy'', which the [[StrawFeminist feminist]] ranks have not only women but also various species of aliens (including the ''[[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]''), dinosaurs, water elementals, demons, pagan goddesses [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers and gay men]].

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'' sees Doraemon and gang traveling to the Wan-Nyan Country, a world populated by andromorphic cats and dogs, with the main villain being [[CatsAreMean Nekojara]] the cat who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and have felines ruling over humans. While Nekojara's second-in-command, Nyago, is another cat, his private army of thugs however seems to comprise of an equal number of cats and dogs. Then again, the mooks are likely PunchClockVillains whom are JustFollowingOrders.

* ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} have been shown to have female and non-white members. Baron Strucker {{lampshade|Hanging}}d this at one point by noting that with age, his penchant for racism and eugenics had faded. Now he embraces the idea of diversity...because that just means more loyal subjects beneath his boot when he finally conquers the world.

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

* Averted with the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe. There is bigotry aplenty, used from its inception to identify the bad guys. The Empire, in particular, has nearly always been stereotypically fascist, insisting on its officers being human, male, and white. More recent installments have made the Empire less Nazi-esque, including some brown people and women, and even ''a'' non-human, but it's still pretty damn Nazi. The Rebellion, by contrast, is chock-a-block full of aliens, especially Bothans. The Rebellion's acceptance of non-humans ("walking carpet" notwithstanding) is one of the ways the franchise has always signaled they're the good guys.
** There is ''one'' place non-humans can rank highly in the Empire, and that's in the Inquisitors. Likely this is because strong Force-sensitives are too rare for the Empire to discriminate.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', 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]]).

* This is noted as one of the ironies of ''[[WebOriginal/ElfslayerChronicles The Elfslayer Chronicles]]''. Despite being portrayed as [[DesignatedHero sparkly homophilic environmentalists]], the Elves of the aforementioned Chronicles are pretty racially exclusive, while the [[DesignatedVillain greedy homophobic human empire]] has dwarves, half-orcs, tieflings, and (presumably) full orcs as fully accepted members of society.

* Not evil so much as ruthlessly Darwinian, but Fort Briggs will accept anyone who’s competent in to their forces. As Olivier Armstrong explains in one scene, they don’t have the luxury of discrimination.

: Orochimaru's [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Sound Four]] are a fat guy, a [[AmbiguouslyBrown brown]] six-armed person, a woman who curses like a sailor, two persons not completely unlike conjoined Twins, and the leader is a terminally ill guy.

* EvilOverlord Sauron's empire in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' had armies of Orcs, Trolls, Uruk-Hai, Easterlings, Southrons, Haradrim, Corsairs, and Wild Men. As a demigod spirit that used to not have any set form, it's all broadly the same to him. Plus we are told that he even had even more allies and trade relations beyond that. The Good Guys (outside of the heroes) consisted of the light-skinned Men of Gondor and Men of Rohan, the Elves, the ents, the dwarves, ''and'' allied nations of Men. Despite what some critics have said, some of these allied nations' folk are explicitly described as darker-skinned than the folk of Gondor. Tolkien recognized the UnfortunateImplications of having all the black and swarthy men on the evil side (in ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' some fight on either side) and suggested in ''Literature/{{Unfinished Tales|of Numenor and Middleearth}}'' that the other two Wizards of the Order were at work in the distant South and East helping good folk of those races resist Sauron's domination.

* Averted with the ''Franchise/StarWars'' universe. There is bigotry aplenty, used from its inception to identify the bad guys. The Empire, in particular, has nearly always been stereotypically fascist, insisting on its officers being human, male, and white. More recent installments have made the Empire less Nazi-esque, including some brown people and women, and even ''a'' non-human, but it's still pretty damn Nazi. The Rebellion, by contrast, is chock-a-block full of aliens, especially Bothans. The Rebellion's acceptance of non-humans ("walking carpet" notwithstanding) is one of the ways the franchise has always signalled they're the good guys.

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', Orochimaru's [[QuirkyMinibossSquad Sound Four]] are a fat guy, a [[AmbiguouslyBrown brown]] six-armed person, a woman who curses like a sailor, two persons not completely unlike conjoined Twins, and the leader is a terminally ill guy.

* The [[spoiler:[[BrainUploading computerized]]]] Dream Future executive branch of 'Net Ghost Pipopa' is composed of American, European, Asian and North African members.

* This is a big part of what makes the titular gang in ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' [[ALighterShadeOfGrey the easiest biker gang in the show to actually like]]. They commit some undeniably heinous crimes over the course of the series, but they're also the most diverse gang in Charming. In contrast to the all-Latino Mayans, the all-Black Niners and the White Supremacist Nords, the Sons freely accept a Jewish member (Bobby) and a Latino member ("Juice") into their upper ranks, and the earliest episodes have them cooperating with [[TheCommissionerGordon Black sheriff Vic Trammell]].

Not to be confused with dangerous examples of HatesEveryoneEqually, where a villian doesn't discriminate between who else they hurt.

While often done to avoid portraying certain races as evil, it can go in the other direction if the heroes are all one ethnicity and every other race are villains, or perhaps suggesting that race-mixing is inherently bad while segregation is good. Compare WhiteGangBangers and StraightEdgeEvil. Contrast PoliticallyIncorrectVillain and for the heroic side, NobleBigot. Note however that they are not mutually exclusive; a villain can be intolerant towards some groups but progressive towards others. See also AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries and AntiHumanAlliance. May go hand in hand with BetterLivingThroughEvil. May overlap with CarnivalOfKillers. See FiveTokenBand and MultinationalTeam for the good-aligned version. A villain who is actively keen on achieving this is a PoliticallyCorrectVillain.

** [[RebelLeader Amon's]] [[AntiMagicalFaction movement]] seems to accept people of any background, so long as they aren't benders (though they are, of course, also willing to attack non-benders who get in their way).

* Parodied in the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Excellence In Broadcasting" with Brian being attacked by a "multi-racial TV gang, including white guys", TheThemeParkVersion of a criminal gang.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'' 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/YoungJustice2010'', [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness 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 Galra Empire in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' zig-zags this a bit. On one hand, every species they conquer is treated as part of the empire, are encouraged to show their support, and many commanders show no hesitation to include non-Galra and hybrid soldiers in their forces... but at the same time, many others are of the opinion that other species should stay in their place (a.k.a. subservient to the Galra) and that to treat them as equals is a sickening breach of tradition. Prince Lotor is noted to be controversial partly because of his extremely egalitarian views on other species joining the military. [[BigBad Emperor Zarkon]] himself doesn't really seem to care about the matter; he's a big [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]], so all he really cares about is [[PragmaticVillainy whether his troops are competent or not]].

* ''WesternAnimation/CarmenSandiego'': 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).
* 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, "Hollow Mind" reveals that Belos is a 17th century Witch Hunter, [[SubvertedTrope who plans to kill all witches]] as he sees them as AlwaysChaoticEvil.]]

While often done to avoid portraying certain races as evil, it can go in the other direction if the heroes are all one ethnicity and every other race are villains, or perhaps suggesting that race-mixing is inherently bad while segregation is good. Compare WhiteGangBangers and StraightEdgeEvil. Contrast PoliticallyIncorrectVillain and for the heroic side, NobleBigot. Note however that they are not mutually exclusive; a villain can be intolerant towards some groups but progressive towards others. See also AlikeAndAntitheticalAdversaries and AntiHumanAlliance. May go hand in hand with BetterLivingThroughEvil. May overlap with CarnivalOfKillers. See FiveTokenBand for the good-aligned version. A villain who is actively keen on achieving this is a PoliticallyCorrectVillain.

* This becomes a major plot point in book 5 of Combatants Will Be Dispatched. 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 dude, with the former being also a ginger. The assassin they hire, Tao Pai Pai, is "Chinese".

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaInTheWanNyanSpacetimeOdyssey'' sees Doraemon and gang traveling to the Wan-Nyan Country, a world populated by andromorphic cats and dogs, with the main villain being [[CatsAreMean Nekojara]] the cat who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and have feline ruling over humans. While Nekojara's second-in-command, Nyago, is another cat, his private army of thugs however seems to comprise of an equal number of cats and dogs. Then again, the mooks are likely PunchClockVillains whom are JustFollowingOrders.

* While the Red Ribbon Army of ''Manga/DragonBall'' wears [[PuttingOnTheReich strangely familiar uniforms]], they apparently do not discriminate based on race, species, or sexual orientation.

** 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.

** ''VideoGame/FarCry4'' has the Royal Army of [[TheCaligula Pagan Min]], who unlike the Golden Path resistance opposing him has many women in it while the Golden Path has very few, and their previous leader (and father of the protagonist, Ajay) Mohan had an extreme StayInTheKitchen attitude that had lethal consequences in the backstory of the game. Pagan also casually comments that he has no problem with homosexuality (while mentioning that he is frequently MistakenForGay but not particularly bothered by this) and by implication accepts openly gay members in his organization.

* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsFriendshipSouls'': Though technically they're ([[TokenEvilTeammate mostly]]) a group of {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s, the Human Starlight Glimmer's group is composed of the most diverse cast of the villainous factions: Led by herself (a Substitute Soul Reaper and formerly a normal human) and consisting of a Soul Reaper ([[spoiler:Platinum]]), a Fullbringer ([[spoiler:Firefly]]), a Bount ([[spoiler:Human Trixie]]), and an Arrancar ([[spoiler:Hollow Chrysalis]]).

* ''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."

* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII''. While his ancestors followed a "white guys only" rule, Griff Tannen's [[{{Cyborg}} cybernetically-enhanced]] [[FiveManBand teenage gang]] includes at least one [[TokenMinority Asian]] and [[DarkChick a woman]].

* ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'': The Singh Brotherhood doesn't care about race, gender, or social class, and have members from all over the world, though since the organization is strongest in the Pacific, most of them are Asian or middle-eastern due to geographic convenience. Many high-ranking members throughout the Brotherhoods history have been women, even during historical periods that were very patriarchal, and the current leader is one as well.

** Same with the ''Fanfic/MRATrilogy'', which the [[StrawFeminist feminist]] ranks have not only women but also various species of aliens (including the ''[[Franchise/MassEffect Reapers]]''), dinosaurs, water elementals, demons, pagan goddesses and gay men.
* In ''FanFic/HarryPotterAndThePowerOfTheDarkSide'' Darth Veneficus (a.k.a. Harry Potter) notes that the Sith are accepting of all species and that respect is gained through power not one's origins. Darth Veneficus finds it pathetic the way the Death Eaters limit themselves with notions of "blood purity" and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells Draco and his fellow Slytherins as much.]]

* Carl Grissom's criminal syndicate in ''Film/Batman1989'' was remarkably diverse, containing representatives with [[FacialProfiling stereotypically Italian, Jewish, and Chinese facial features]]; when [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] takes over this gang, he hires a Black kung-fu expert (by far his most lethal henchman) and adds him to the mix. There's even an AmbiguouslyBrown (Arab? Latino? Half-Polynesian?) samurai-swordsman with EightiesHair who appears to have a high rank in the gang hierarchy. Inverted with Lieutenant Eckhardt's squad of crooked cops, who are all white; Commissioner Gordon, meanwhile, has at least two Black men working for him, one of whom appears to have the rank of captain, as he reports to Gordon personally.

** ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' [[JustifiedTrope shows that the various ethnic gangs in Gotham (Blacks, Italians, Chechens, Chinese, etc) are so scared of the Batman that they started working together against him]]. When [[BigBad The Joker]] comes along, even before he takes over the various gangs, it's obvious he doesn't care in the slightest about race or sanity provided his goons do as he says.

** Hugo Drax in ''Film/{{Moonraker}}'' doesn't discriminate by gender or race. The number of women and non-whites in his ranks is impressive - especially for 1979. Even more impressive that this also counts for the crew of his space station. Only very seldom does another villain in the series have such diversity in his ranks. Noteworthy that despite the MasterRace implications of his plan to create a superior version of humanity, his "chosen ones" include a sample of every ethnic group on Earth, in a stark contrast to his book counterpart who is a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain.

* In ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService'', the good guys' team consists entirely of white upper-class British people (barring Eggsy), and is mostly male with only one female in a relatively high profile position, while the bad guys' team includes a black BigBad, some white male mooks, and an AmbiguouslyBrown female who is not only TheDragon but clearly the most dangerous of the lot.

** This is somewhat TruthInTelevision as real pirates didn't particularly care about race and accepted Anne Bonny and Mary Read (although they both originally pretended to be men). Alternative sexualities were also welcomed. They were all social rejects after all...