History Main / EvilOldFolks

* ''Series/CuteyHoneyTheLive'': The nice old lady who owns a fish shop [[spoiler: is one of Panther Claw's highest ranking generals. Get in her way and she will bludgeon you to death, cut you up with frozen food, or just use the ''missile launchers built into her stomach.'' But however she kills you, she'll do it without losing her kind, motherly demeanor for a second.]]

** Creator/{{Pixar}} seems to love this trope as well. ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' had [[spoiler:Stinky Pete]], ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc.'' had [[spoiler:Mr. Waternoose]], ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}'' had [[spoiler:Charles Muntz]], ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' had [[spoiler:Lotso]], and ''WesternAnimation/{{Lightyear}}'' had Zurg, [[spoiler:who is revealed to be an older version of Buzz Lightyear himself from an alternate timeline]].

* "Film/IllSleepWhenI'mDead": Boad is in his 60's, and still an active crime lord.

* ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' has Dr. Sin, an immortal Chinese criminal who appears to be in his seventies or eighties, and elder statesman of supervillainy August Tiberius Roman, who is in his nineties now and only [[RetiredMonster semiretired]]. Roman in particular is a fixture of the ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' setting in some ways, having survived from its [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] through UsefulNotes/{{the Modern Age|of Comic Books}}, transitioning from Mafia boss, to DiabolicalMastermind, becoming the "Emperor of Crime" of Freedom City, and after losing most of his empire, becoming the owner of an illegal underground series of GladiatorGames.

** Nanny Nane.

[[caption-width-right:200:[[IronicName Her name is Granny Goodness,]] [[NeverMessWithGranny by the way.]]]]

* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has Master Hades, the [[BigBad Big Bad]] of the Tenrou Island Arc. He's one of the most vile and formidable opponents Fairy Tail faces in the series, and he is even older - and ''far'' stronger - than Makarov is. [[spoiler:Fairy Tail ONLY won because the secret to his power, the ''actual'' Grimoire Heart, was destroyed.]] Despite this, he [[AntiVillain has]] [[ApologeticAttacker ways]] of [[SubvertedTrope subverting]] this trope sometimes.

* Joejoe, Mokkoi, [[spoiler:Chiyo, Zaus, and Kousairou]] in ''Manga/{{Toriko}}''.

* Creator/DCComics villains Granny Goodness (pictured above) and [=DeSaad=], ComicBook/NewGods and minions of [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]]. Interestingly, both are actually ''younger'' than [[TimeAbyss their master, who doesn't quite fit the trope himself]]; it may have something to do with [[PhysicalGod his personal power being far greater than theirs]]. Also, they look vaguely human while Darkseid's visage looks like it was carved out of granite.

* Garth Ennis opened his run on ''Comicbook/ThePunisherMAX'' by having Frank Castle take out a mob boss who had clocked at a hundred (he's basically a vegetable at this point but mobsters don't get that old by being nice). His widow makes an appearance in one of the final arcs, and she's a real nasty piece of work as well.

* Cryptograf from WesternAnimation/AsterixAndTheVikings, Timandahaf's soothsayer who [[TheStarscream tries to get his son Olaf into the position of king by capturing the "Champion of Fear"]].

* Judge Smails from ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''.

* The [=MacCreadys=] from ''Film/CloakAndDagger1984''.

* Henry Potter from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife''.
* The eponymous Bill, Pai Mai and Esteban Vihaio from ''Film/KillBill''.

* [[LondonGangster Wilson]], [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Terry Valentine]], and [[TheDragon Avery]] in ''Film/TheLimey''.

* [[spoiler:Grandma Lois, as well as her fellow coven members]] from ''Film/ParanormalActivity3''.

* Brick Top from ''{{Film/Snatch}}''.

* R.J. Fletcher from ''Film/{{UHF}}''.

* While not ''evil'' per se, Shapoklyak in Literature/{{Cheburashka}} is a petty and nasty old lady who believes infamy is the shortest path to fame.

* ''Series/TeenWolf'': Gerard Argent, patriarch of the Argent family and the BigBad of Season 2. Initially plays up the persona of the [[BitchinSheepsClothing doddering old grandpa]] until he [[spoiler: takes control of the Kanima and]] reveals himself to be a [[FauxAffablyEvil sociopathic]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] monster willing to kill anybody and everybody to ensure his own survival, including his [[OffingtheOffspring own family]]. Not to mention his [[{{Hypocrite}} contradictory hatred]] of werewolves when he [[spoiler: was perfectly willing to become a werewolf himself to cure his cancer. ''After'' he told his son to help his wife commit suicide when she was turning into a werewolf to preserve the family's honor.]]

* [[BigBad Father Comstock]] from ''Videogame/BioShockInfinite'', an eldery, self-proclaimed "prophet" and ruler of [[TheTheocracy Columbia]]. [[spoiler: In reality, he's somewhere around 30, same as main character Booker Dewitt. Mainly because he IS Booker Dewitt, or rather an alternate universe version who just looks much older due to abusing the Dimensional Tears, which release radiation that causes premature aging.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'':

* Aunas' true form from ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa3''.

* Mr. James Wong of ''VideoGame/{{Stranglehold}}''.

** Goomboss from ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' and the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]] [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of the above game, along with Chief Chilly.

* Director Deena Daniels of B.E.N.T. from ''Webcomic/{{Hexenringe}}'' definitely fits the bill of an evil old person. Her design is based on Mama Fratelli from ''Characters/{{The Goonies}}''.

* Mumm-Ra of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats2011'' appears both elderly and undead when he's powered down.

* ''Series/CriminalMinds'': A few [=UnSubs=] fall into this category, but Anita and Roger Roycewood from "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS5E16MosleyLane Mosley Lane]]" stand out the most.

* Literature/{{Dracula}} himself was described as an elderly man with a prominent mustache when Jonathan Harker first encountered him. While he manages to reverse his aging with enough blood consumption, [[BeautyEqualsGoodness he doesn't get any prettier]].

* Mad Mod from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.

* Female example- Nerissa, BigBad from season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' is very old and looks even older due to her hard life and the rigors of her magic, and she's also a KnightTemplar out to take over the universe as she thinks it's the only way to end all war and suffering. In the last third of the season she manages to get her youth back and becomes [[EvilIsSexy more another trope]].

** Coriolanus Snow is an oppressive tyrant who has been presiding as President of Panem for decades, largely responsible for the rotten state it is in.
** The prequel ''Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' introduces [[GreaterScopeVillain Dr. Volumnia Gaul]], who manipulates Snow like fiddle, has no qualms about using her creations to hurt others, and is ultimately responsible for [[spoiler:the Hunger Games becoming a staple of Panem]].

* Coriolanus Snow, President of Panem in ''Literature/TheHungerGames''. Oppressive tyrant, murderer, [[spoiler:pimp of Victors]], grandfather.

* [[spoiler:Noah Cross]] from ''Film/{{Chinatown}}''. Not only is he a greedy CorruptCorporateExecutive who wants to control Los Angeles' water supply but he [[ParentalIncest raped his own daughter]] Evelyn Mulawray ''since she was 14''.

* ''Film/EnolaHolmes'': [[spoiler:The Dowager murdered her own son and plans to murder her grandson]] all to stop [[spoiler:them]] from supporting the Reform Bill at the House of Lords

* ''Film/HotFuzz'': [[spoiler:Every character past middle age]], except, strangely, Creator/BillNighy -- and the look ''he'' gives Angel after he says "Yes I can, I'm the Chief Inspector" looks like he's really enjoying transferring Angel out.
* ''Film/IronMan1'': [[spoiler:Obadiah Stane]] is relatively old, [[spoiler:having been in charge of Stark Industries when Tony was a teenager]], and is certainly not a nice guy. At least, if [[spoiler:selling weapons to terrorists then attempting to kill Tony and go on a rampage with his own giant suit]] is any indication.

** Emperor Palpatine, who in his first appearance in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' looks like a white raisin left too long in water. A raisin with sleep problems. It's revealed in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' that his appearance isn't just because of his old age, but actually scarring from Mace Windu deflecting force lightning back into his face.

* Both of the grandparents in ''Film/TheVisit'' both have [[AxCrazy something very deeply wrong with them]]. Grandpa gets... [[AteHisGun a little too intimate]] with his shotgun while he's cleaning it, and Grandma practically turns into a werewolf at night, scratching at the door frantically while stark naked. [[spoiler:Turns out there's nothing supernatural going on. They're just crazy, in fact they're not even the kid's real grandparents; they're mental asylum inmates who escaped, murdered them and took their place.]]
* Ichirō Yashida from ''Film/TheWolverine''. His old age and impending death is what makes him so desperate to [[spoiler:gain Wolverine's power]].

Some people grow old gracefully, and sit back to enjoy the last few years of their life. Others want to spend their final days as the supreme ruler of all humanity. Not all senior citizens can be kind, loving grandparents. Some are just as evil in their old age as they were in their youth, and still want to destroy everything, conquer the world, or generally be evil. They can, however, [[WiseOldFolkFacade put a facade of a kind, loving old folk]], usually to fool people.

* ''Series/{{Goosebumps}}'': In the "Haunted House Game", one of the spots the two kids land on takes them to a house where two old women are playing a game. They're supposed to ask them for something, which turns out to be an amulet that saps the life out of the girl's arm.

* The Gentleman fits this well in the ''Literature/SinisterSixTrilogy''. Well into his nineties, he decides to spend his golden years on a plot to crash the world economy.

* In ''ComicBook/BatmanAdventures'', "The Perfesser" is a gray-haired old academic who's seen it all a hundred times, and at least some of the time, honestly doesn't seem to really ''care'' if he succeeds or not.

* Franchise/SpiderMan has several in his RoguesGallery:

* The Franchise/XMen have their fair share of these to contend with. The most famous is definitely ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, though he's achieved enough CharacterDevelopment that whether or not he qualifies for this trope in modern stories is purely DependingOnTheWriter.[[note]]At least in the main universe. Magneto in the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' is 100% a good guy, and in ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' he's 100% a bad guy (though in the latter continuity, the "old" part is subverted as it's later revealed that he was a young man in the '80s and therefore can't be older than his fifties), for example[[/note]] Magneto aside, X-folks also have to contend with ComicBook/{{Apocalypse}} (who [[DependingOnTheWriter in some stories]] is just a withered geezer inside some ''very'' advanced PoweredArmor), [[WouldHurtAChild Black Womb]], and [[EvilCripple Kaga]].

* [[BigBad Father Comstock]] from ''Videogame/BioShockInfinite''. [[spoiler: Not that he's actually that old...]]