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* DeanKoontz's portrayal of Dr. Victor {{Frankenstein}} in ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Dean Koontz's Frankenstein]]''.

* It's the beginning of [[{{Naruto}} Orochimaru's]] StartOfDarkness: he just wants to learn all jutsu in the world, and when he realizes he can't in a normal human lifetime, he starts experimenting to put himself above all else. It's more just for his sake than for the world's, and he's using human guinee pigs left and right like they're stones.

** In BigFinishDoctorWho [[AbsoluteXenophobe Rassilon]], Founder of Time Lord Society, tried to prevent any races evolving that could threaten the Time Lords. He seeded other worlds to make sure life like the Time Lords would evolve and imprisoned races in other Universes which are in the dungeons of his Foundry.
* [[spoiler:Alpha]] from ''{{Dollhouse}}''.

** ''Futurama'' also had an episode of its ''TheTwilightZone'' parody, ''The Scary Door'', which featured one of these. He combined the most evil genes from the world's most evil creatures to form the evilest creature of them all:

* The recurring villain Dr. Animo from ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' franchise.

* Dr. Jail Scaglietti of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', the MadScientist behind [[CloningBlues Project F]] and several other ArtificialHuman related experiments. According to [[SmugSnake Quattro]], his ultimate goal is the completion of biomanipulation technology and the creation of a space to do that. That at least several hundred thousand people would die in the process is acceptable collateral damage.

* Doctor Animo from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' was obsessed with advancing the evolution of planet earth ''[[TheUnfettered by any means necessary.]]''

* Professor George Lonsdale, (the real) BigBad of {{Magellan}}'s fifth chapter ([[http://magellanverse.com/?p=656 "Worst Field Trip Ever"]]). He truly believes that [[LegoGenetics splicing animal and human DNA]] is the next big evolutionary. But then he's also clearly shown as experimenting on innocents (including his own son) ForTheEvulz as much as anything else.

* Syrrus from ''WesternAnimation/DexHamiltonAlienEntomologist''. His goal is to breed an an army of super insects to allow hom to take over the galaxy.

* ''{{Literature/{{A Macabre Myth of a Moth-Man}}'' has no less than three. Vincent Mordein tried to unlock the secrets of the human brain [[spoiler:and ended up sticking a penny-sized chip in Jack Daw's head, giving him the ability to control crows]]. Dr. Wu performed gene-splicing on multiple subjects, including Ozzy and Moth-man. And Dante Eclipse performed experiments on the cult he heads, believing that humanity is inherently flawed and they must transcend their species to survive.

This is especially ironic because in real biology, one of the core precepts of the theory of evolution is that it does not "improve" a species, because there is no such thing as an ideal form for a species -- only what is best at surviving and reproducing in ''current'' conditions. If the environment changes, the species must adapt all over again, which is why genetic diversity (Nature's way of "hedging her bets") is usually a good thing. Moreover, assuming that a species '''must''' evolve if subjected to imposed selection pressures (or Phlebotinum-induced mutations) overlooks the harsh fact that most organisms ''don't'' adapt in the face of such challenges: they simply go extinct, which is why we're not rubbing elbows with mammoths, sauropods and trilobites today. Deliberately applying such selective forces to humans may let us join them in extinction, not improve upon our current state. Finally, evolution is conservative, and a species which is ''thriving'' (you know, like ''Homo sapiens'') is unlikely to evolve new traits, because it's doing fine the way it is. Sharks, for example, haven't changed much since ''before the first dinosaurs appeared,'' and they're just as successful as ever...making the entire mania of the Evilutionary Biologist suspect at best.

* Regressing humans into caveman/werewolf hybrids was the only way for humans to develop further, according to the villain of ''IWasATeenageWerewolf''.

* Tyler Durden of ''FightClub'' has the motivation, but not the methodology. He believes society and rampant consumerism are stagnating human development. Rather than combat this with mad science, however, he plans to force humanity to "evolve, and let the chips fall where they may" by crashing the global economy.

* ''TheManWithTwoBrains'': Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr is in many ways one of these; as well as being not-quite-all-there and his developing God-complex, he confidently predicts a day where his research will allow 'brilliant minds to live on in the bodies of dumb people' and the like. He's somewhat lacking in the 'evil', part, though, as for all the MadScientist CharacterDevelopment that occurs, he's a bit too decent and moral to actually kill in order to achieve his ends.

* The Octopus from ''TheSpirit'' is trying to find the secret to immortality and godhood. He actually created the titular hero in one of his experiments when he brought a dead cop back to life. The Octopus' {{Mook}}s are also apparently artificial creations.

* Faora, one of the villains in Film/ManOfSteel, delivers a lengthy speech to Superman about how "evolution always wins".

Why the Evilutionary Biologist believes this is necessary varies, as do his methods. Some Evilutionary Biologists simply believe that humanity has erred in its domination of the environment, and thus our very survival as a species is threatened unless they force us to continue evolving. Others see change and so-called improvement as [[ForScience goals in and of themselves,]] and resolve to use scientific advancement to cause them. Still others seek to create a new race of [[SuperSoldier biological]] {{transhuman}}s or just the UltimateLifeForm with the power of science, either because they see humans as having outlived their time on the planet or because of a genuine desire to improve the human condition. Any one of these may be a SocialDarwinist or WellIntentionedExtremist.

* In the SuperSentai series ''{{Dynaman}},'' the villains' collective name is the Jashinka - from ''jashin'' (evil) and ''shinka'' (evolution.) In other words, their name ''actually translates to "Evilution."'' However, their plan to convert humans didn't go so well, so they went the usual mass destruction route.

Whenever an EvilutionaryBiologist appears on the scene -- they are the most common form of villainous biologist in many games and SpeculativeFiction media -- be on guard for a ScienceIsBad [[AnAesop aesop]] to rear its ugly head.

* In the ''DragonballZ'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HonorTrip'', [[MadScientist Ratsura]] [[EvilutionaryBiologist plays this trope straight as an arrow,]] [[DepravedBisexual though he himself]] [[AxeCrazy is not straight]] [[JustForPun in the least.]]

** ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' takes it to a new level with Project W. Ironically this was one of the ''first'' projects Umbrella started in the timeline. Umbrella founder Ozwell Spencer envisioned the rise of a superior breed of humans [[spoiler: consisting of humans infused with the Progenitor Virus at a young age]] indoctrinated with his own SocialDarwinist values and presumably his interest in biological studies. In other words, this was an Evilutionary project ''to manufacture more {{Evilutionary Biologist}}s''. Fortunately, the project was ultimately a failure since [[spoiler: Albert Wesker was the only child to survive the virus injections all the Wesker children received]].

* Doctor X, of the ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan'' animated series, was a textbook EvilutionaryBiologist obsessed with triggering the [[EvolutionaryLevels next step in human evolution]] by causing all sorts of disasters in the hopes of culling unfit humans and cause beneficial mutations in the survivors.

* In ''KamenRiderTheFirst'', the organization Shocker's name stands for "Sacred Hegemony Of Cycle Kindred Evolutional Realm."

* In ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'', Twilight Sparkle definitely counts as this. Using [[ColdBloodedTorture twisted forms of science]], MindRape, and magic to extract the Elements of Harmony from her friends [[spoiler: before killing them]]. She claims that it's all to [[WellIntentionedExtremist preserve harmony]] and [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans set ponykind]] ([[spoiler: and everything else]]) [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans on the right path]].

* In ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'', Twilight Sparkle definitely counts as this. Using [[ColdBloodedTorture twisted forms of science]], MindRape, and magic to extract the Elements of Harmony from her friends [[spoiler: before killing them]]. She claims that it's all to [[WellIntentionedExtremist preserve harmony]] and [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans set ponykind ([[spoiler: and everything else]]) on the right path]].

* From ''{{Fingerprints}}'', the doctor who first researched psychic abilities, [[spoiler:Steve Mercer]]. He eventually came to regret his work and tried to undo it, but did ''not'' perform a HeelFaceTurn and remained a WellIntentionedExtremist - just one with different intentions.

* Crake in MargaretAtwood's novel ''OryxAndCrake'' is the consummate Evilutionary Biologist.

* In the ''DragonballZ'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HonorTrip'', [[MadScientist Ratsura]] [[EvilutionaryBiologist plays this trope straight as an arrow,]] [[DepravedBisexual though he himself]] [[AxeCrazy is not straight]] [[JustForPun in the least.]]