History Main / EvilGenius

** ''[[Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'': Dr. [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell Emma Russell]] appears to be a ReluctantMadScientist, forced to co-operate with the [[EcoTerrorist eco-terrorists]] against her will in using her invention to set Ghidorah and other {{Kaiju}} loose on the world. [[spoiler:In actuality, she's acting entirely of her own free will because she believes she's saving humanity in the long haul]].
** ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseRenSerizawa Ren Serizawa]], the AntagonisticOffspring of the late Dr. Serizawa, is the CorruptCorporateExecutive[='s=] [[TheDragon Dragon]] and he's Apex Cybernetics' chief technology officer; responsible for developing the Mechagodzilla technology for their MugglePower agenda to kill Godzilla and then kill or enslave all the other Titans. Interestingly for this trope, the {{novelization}} portrays him as being something of a GodhoodSeeker regarding his plans for Mechagodzilla (which he is also the pilot of).

* ComicBook/SpiderMan has described ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as one, and seeing as Ock is a brilliant engineer and inventor, he fits, although unlike most, whenever he's part of a group, he's usually the one in charge. Norman Osborn also counts too.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Davros, creator of the Daleks. Though crippled with only one working arm, he created the most dangerous life form the universe has ever seen and set them on a path of [[OmnicidalManiac genocide against all other forms of life in existence]]. His intellect is so great that the Daleks often will refuse to kill him, despite him being an "inferior" creature by their doctrine, simply because his intelligence is too useful to them. Even the Doctor readily admits Davros' genius, and he is not one inclined to praise other's mental capabilities (at least not without stating [[InsufferableGenius how much smarter he is]]). As for why he's doing any of this? If the Daleks win, and all life is wiped out save for them... it would be ''his'' hand that set it all in motion. He would be the one who killed the universe.

** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'': Buredoran is this to the Warstar and Yuumajuu factions, serving as their tactician and [[MookMaker provider of Bibi Bugs]]. Robogorg is this in the Matrintis Empire, being an EmperorScientist who built most of the robots in his empire, including [[TheDragon Metal Alice]].

** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' has Makasage Tsugoromi, TheStrategist of the Kibaoni.

* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] a.k.a. SHAZAM's arch-enemy Dr. [[EmbarrassingFirstName Thaddeus]] [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Bodog]] Sivana is another early example - a few months earlier than Luthor, in fact. He's the guy in the picture above. He's perhaps the most brilliant scientist and engineer in the whole DC multiverse, and thinks that makes him the Rightful Ruler of the Universe. When he's in a team, he finds himself here.

* The player character in ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is the titular evil genius, obviously. There's actually three evil geniuses to choose from in the game: [[SeriesMascot Maximilian Von Klein]], [[TheBaroness Alexis]], and [[YellowPeril Shen Yu]]. All want to TakeOverTheWorld by building their personal SupervillainLair, establish a criminal network across the globe, and use all the stolen money to fund their DoomsdayDevice. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/EvilGenius2'', Maximillian returns alongside four new evil geniuses: [[TheGeneralissimo Red Ivan]], [[TheSpymaster Emma]], [[MadScientist Zalika]], and [[AnIcePerson Polar]].

* The player character in ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is the titular evil genius, obviously. There's actually three evil geniuses to choose from in the game: [[SeriesMascot Maximilian Von Klein]], [[TheCharmer Alexis]], and [[YellowPeril Shen Yu]]. All want to TakeOverTheWorld by building their personal SupervillainLair, establish a criminal network across the globe, and use all the stolen money to fund their DoomsdayDevice. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/EvilGenius2'', Maximillian returns alongside four new evil geniuses: [[TheGeneralissimo Red Ivan]], [[TheSpymaster Emma]], [[MadScientist Zalika]], and [[AnIcePerson Polar]].

* The player character in ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is the titular evil genius, obviously. There's actually three evil geniuses to choose from in the game: [[SeriesMascot Maximilian Von Klein]], [[TheCharmer Alexis]], and [[YellowPeril Shen Yu]]. All want to TakeOverTheWorld by building their personal SupervillainLair, establish a criminal network across the globe, and use all the stolen money to fund their DoomsdayDevice. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/EvilGenius2'', Maximillian returns alongside four new evil geniuses: [[TheGeneralissimo Red Ivan]], [[TheSpymaseter Emma]], [[MadScientist Zalika]], and [[AnIcePerson Polar]].

* The player character in ''VideoGame/EvilGenius'' is the titular evil genius, obviously. There's actually three evil geniuses to choose from in the game: [[SeriesMascot Maximilian Von Klein]], [[TheCharmer Alexis]], and [[YellowPeril Shen Yu]]. All want to TakeOverTheWorld by building their personal SupervillainLair, establish a criminal network across the globe, and use all the stolen money to fund their DoomsdayDevice. In the sequel, ''VideoGame/EvilGenuis2'', Maximillian returns alongside four new evil geniuses: [[TheGeneralissimo Red Ivan]], [[TheSpymaseter Emma]], [[MadScientist Zalika]], and [[AnIcePerson Polar]].

%% * The player character in ''VideoGame/EvilGenius''.

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* Ryoma Sengoku from ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' is an amoral scientist and the creator of the [[TransformationTrinket Sengoku Driver]]. Ryoma gladly sacrifices human lives ForScience and doesn't even care one bit that humanity could potentially go extinct. Another unique trait of his is that he completely loses it whenever one of his inventions is placed in a bad light.

* ''Series/Revenge2011'': If you go by AlternateCharacterInterpretation, Mason Treadwell seems to take this role later in the first season, although he isn't fully aware of his role in Emily's scheming.

** One old story has pits Mickey and Goofy against one of the Blot's minions ([[NotMeThisTime while the Blot himself is in prison]]) who plays the EvilGenius role even harder, manipulating everyone with a convoluted plot involving things like pretending to inject Goofy with a slow-acting poison and hiding in an undetectable submarine. It turns into quite a BattleOfWits between him and Mickey.

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' had plenty of {{Evil Genius}}es, with Lionel Luthor, Lex Luthor, Brainiac, and Winslow "The Toyman" Schott running around. One interesting example is [[TheBaroness Tess Mercer]], who starts out as a villain but eventually pulls a HeelFaceTurn. She becomes one of two [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guys]] on the heroic side, but still in traditionally [[DarkIsNotEvil evil]] areas, being TheChessmaster, a ManipulativeBastard, and TheCracker to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Emil Hamilton]]'s [[TheMedic Medic]] and GadgeteerGenius.

* Each lineup of villains in ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' tends to have at least one Evil Genius among them, like in its american counterpart ''Power Rangers''. They may be the scientist who handles the villain group's technology or an EvilSorcerer, or the just the one who devises the [[EvilPlan villains' strategy]] each episode.

* ''Series/{{Revenge}}'': If you go by AlternateCharacterInterpretation, Mason Treadwell seems to take this role later in the first season, although he isn't fully aware of his role in Emily's scheming.
* ''Series/SevenStarFightingGodGuyferd'': Shion and Minoh are Crown's top researchers in the fields of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Fallah]] and cybernetics respectively, which makes them the ones responsible for creating the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]] and {{mooks}} that fill Crown's ranks. Later on we're introduced to Kuzan, Crown's head scientist regarding their DoomsdayDevice, as well as a MadScientist who joined them simply to prove his research correct, even [[OmnicidalManiac at the expense of human civilization]].
* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' had plenty of {{Evil Genius}}es, with Lionel Luthor, ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}, and Winslow "The Toyman" Schott running around. One interesting example was [[TheBaroness Tess Mercer]], who started out as a villain, but eventually pulled a HeelFaceTurn. She became one of two [[TheSmartGuy Smart Guys]] on the heroic side, but still in traditionally [[DarkIsNotEvil evil]] areas, being TheChessmaster, a ManipulativeBastard, and TheCracker to [[OmnidisciplinaryScientist Emil Hamilton's]] [[TheMedic Medic]] and GadgeteerGenius.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
** The skinny-bodied [[Characters/SupernaturalTheFourHorsemen Pestilence]] in particular among the Four HorsemenOfTheApocalypse. Under service to Lucifer, Pestilence heads a demon-run secret project to develop a strain of the [[TheVirus Croatoan virus]] which infects hosts in seconds, so it can be distributed simultaneously across the country hidden inside a new vaccine rollout.
** Later episodes of Season 7 show he's certainly not the only one they have, but [[Characters/SupernaturalLeviathan Dr. Gaines]] serves this role among the Leviathans before his death. He's synthesized a food additive that is very addictive, and consumption leads to weight gain, and dampens people's emotional responses until they are very apathetic. It is latter refined to avoid the adverse effect of 0.03% of consumers turning into mindless hyper-adrenalized cannibals.

* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] a.k.a. SHAZAM's arch-enemy Dr. [[EmbarassingFirstName Thaddeus]] [[EmbarassingMiddleName Bodog]] Sivana is another early example - a few months earlier than Luthor, in fact. He's the guy in the picture above. He's perhaps the most brilliant scientist and engineer in the whole DC multiverse, and thinks that makes him the Rightful Ruler of the Universe. When he's in a team, he finds himself here.

* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] a.k.a. SHAZAM's enemy Dr Sivana is another early textbook example of this. He's the guy in the picture above. When he's in teams, he finds himself here.

* ComicBook/SpiderMan has described ComicBook/DoctorOctopus as one, and seeing as Ock is a brilliant engineer and inventor, he fits, although unlike most, whenever he's part of a group, he's usually the one in charge.Norman Osborn also counts too.

* Lord Shen from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' doubles as this and the BigBad.

** ''Film/DrNo'': Dr. No and his right-hand man, geologist Professor Dent. Dr. No himself is a gifted scientific genius who runs his own nuclear laboratory and one of SPECTRE's top brains.

%% * [[BigBad Dr. Eggman]] from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog''.

* Two examples from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003''.