History Main / EvilSorcerer

** Deimos, arch-enemy of ComicBook/TheWarlord.
*** Also Ashiya, sometimes TheDragon to Deimos, and Motalla. Both of them also qualify as {{Hot Witch}}es and {{Vain Sorceress}}es.

* Elphaba in ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' is treated as this by the citizens of Oz, but we find out in the show that she is just misunderstood. Madam Morrible would be a more clear-cut example, using her sorcery [[spoiler: to gain more political power for herself throughout Oz]].

* Comus in Creator/JohnMilton's ''Theatre/{{Comus}}'', with a fondness for ForcedTransformation.

* Rothbart in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieOfSwanLake'' turns Odette and various children into [[BalefulPolymorph animals against their will]]. He also attempts to murder Odette [[spoiler: and later the prince]] on more than one occasion.

* Rothbart in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInSwanLake'' turns Odette and various children into [[BalefulPolymorph animals against their will]]. He also attempts to murder Odette [[spoiler: and later the prince]] on more than one occasion.

** Gothel in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'' uses her magic to trap Rapunzel in her tower and even to [[WouldHurtAChild ''attempt to murder innocent children'']].

** Gothel in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAsRapunzel'' uses her magic to trap Rapunzel in her tower and even to [[WouldHurtAChild ''murder innocent children'']].

* Wenlock in ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheMagicOfPegasus'' uses his powers to [[NowYouMustMarryMe force women to marry him]], turn victims into a BalefulPolymorph, [[AndIMustScream or worse]].

* In ''VideoGame/TheSims2'', a "Witch/Wizard" character can become this by studying "dark" magic. (Though the "evil" spells tend to fall into the PokeThePoodle territory. Comical mischief more than anything else.)

* The final villain in the original ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'' trilogy, simply called "The Sorceress."
** Arguably, ALL of the absolutely major Spyro Villains are variations on this except the very first one, Gnasty Gnorc.
* ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' lets you play out both styles of Sith mentioned in the ''Star Wars'' movies example above: the in-your-face lightsaber-wielding Sith Warriors and the evil sorcerer Sith Inquisitors. In fact, playing a Dark Sided Sith Inquisitor basically lets you experience Emperor Palpatine's rise to power. That said, a Dark Sided Jedi Consular--the Republic counterpart class to the Inquisitor--also qualifies, since both classes rely more on manipulation and, for the lack of better term, "magical" use of the Force.

* ''Literature/TheCrimsonShadow'': Greensparrow and all his minions, save one who's just misguided. When CourtMage, Greensparrow killed his master the Avonite king along with his sons and seized the throne, keeping only the king's daughter alive to serve him as she is a mage (tricking her into going along with this).

* In Akira Himekawa's adaptation of ''Manga/TheLegendOfZelda: [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast A Link to the Past]]'', the evil wizard Agahnim reprises his role as the main villain. [[spoiler:However, instead of being merely a disguise of Ganon, this time he's a former friend of Link's father who swore allegiance to Ganon in exchange for powerful magic.]]

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Described as "a cruel and cunning sorcerer" in Galadriel's prologue speech.

** ''Literature/{{Once}}'': Nell Quick, by occult ritual, gives [[spoiler: protagonist Tom Kindred a stroke]]; conjures horrifying phantasms and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou manipulate]] [[WeirdWeather nature]], all to [[spoiler: acquire the Bracken estate]].

* ''Film/GhostbustersII'': Seventeenth century mass murdering tyrant Vigo the Carpathian, who "dabbled in all the [[BlackMagic black arts]]", was, at the age of one hundred and five, "poisoned, stabbed, shot, hung, stretched, disembowelled, drawn and quartered." Spiritually preserved in a self-portrait, he drew strength from New York's underground river of anger-infused [[{{Ectoplasm}} psycho-magnatheric Mood Slime]]. Having [[TheRenfield bent to his will]] Dr Janosz Poha, Vigo tried to transfer himself to Dana Barrett's baby son Oscar.

** ''Literature/{{Once}}'': Nell Quick, by occult ritual, gives [[spoiler: protagonist Tom Kindred a stroke]]; conjure horrifying phantasms and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou manipulate]] [[WeirdWeather nature]], all to [[spoiler: acquire the Bracken estate]].

* Magica de Spell from the ''[[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck Uncle Scrooge]]'' comics, who also appeared in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987''.

** Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', a sea witch who turns merfolks into polyps once they failed to meet her demands from her deals.

* ''{{Film/Sorceress}}'': Traigon, so much that he planned to sacrifice his own child for power.

* Nasira from ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Disney's Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge]]''.

* Hex from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}''. Hex is a self-proclaimed "Master Magician" who desired to rule the world with his vast magic powers and lives in a large tower-like building.

*** Adel is also one as well. We don't get to know much about them (AmbiguousGender, but presumably female) and in the fight against it, it says nothing. But you do find out small bits of info about it.

* [[LadyOfBlackMagic Morgan le Fey]] is portrayed this way in most versions of the Myth/KingArthur legend.

** Zenobia from ''Film/SinbadAndTheEyeOfTheTiger''. She turned a prince into a baboon with her BalefulPolymorph potion, she can create human-size {{flesh golem}} {{mooks}} and she has her own magic-powered clockwork minotaur-shaped golem.

* Comus in Creator/JohnMilton's ''Theatre/{{Comus}}'', with a fondness for BalefulPolymorph.

** Sephiroth in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' much like his nemesis Cloud is a MagicKnight thanks to Magic Materia, being able (as seen in the flashback battle on the road to Nibelheim) use Earth Materia on a massive dragon before killing it with a single stroke [[MasterSwordsman with his sword Masamune]]. When you fight him at the end of [=FFVII=], ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Remake]]'' and optionally during ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts'' he will bust out massively powerful spells as well as slash you up close in the latter two games.

It's likely that every sorcerer will be this if MagicIsEvil. Compare the WickedWitch and (for the more modern descendant) MadScientist. Female versions are likely to also be a VainSorceress or LadyOfBlackMagic. An undead Evil Sorcerer will probably be called a [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]].

* Several ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' antagonists such as [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAkaneia Gharnef]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Nergal]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Validar]]. Some may overlap with SinisterMinister.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}}'' have Mumm-Ra, '''[[LargeHam THE EVER-LIVING!!!]]'''

* The title character from the ''Film/{{Warlock}}'' series of movies is a servant of Satan, tries to destroy the world, and kills and mutilates innocent people for fun.

** Zenobia from ''Film/SinbadAndTheEyeOfTheTiger''. She turned a prince into a babboon and she has her own magic-powered clockwork minotaur-shaped golem.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Given that the movies are HeroicFantasy in a SpaceOpera setting, [[TheEmperor Emperor Palpatine]] could be described as one of these. This is a major temptation for Anakin Skywalker as well. Essentially, the Sith come in two flavors: those who are the EvilCounterpart of the Jedi, with an emphasis on lightsaber fighting and visceral use of the Force, and those who are evil sorcerers, who tend more to the "create horrible twisted mockeries of nature" end of the Dark Side spectrum.

** ''Film/TheSeventhVoyageOfSinbad'' has one who shrunks the female lead, turns a BedlahBabe into a dancing snake woman and controls a chained dragon at the end.