History Main / ForTheEvulz

* The motivation, understanding and epitome of ''DragonballZ'' villain Majin Buu once he's stripped down to his true form. Frieza did it for power, for Cell it was InTheBlood.

** Dont forget Barry the Chopper!

* While Mukuro of ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' does have a reason for doing what he does (Changing the ugly world into a pure and beautiful sea of blood, starting a world war, etc.) no other explanation other than he did it ForTheEvulz can be made for how during his fight with Tsuna he possessed his friends bodies, knowing Tsuna wouldn't attack them, and spent some time having Tsuna's friends beat him up, stating (and laughing) all the while that Tsuna "makes a good sandbag".

** And it wasn't the symbiotes influence on Cletus either. He was a murdering psychopath before he bonded with the Carnage symbiote.

*** Anonymous is a collection of individuals that can range from Lawful Good to Chaotic Evil. Some will protest the Co$ and catch pedophiles while others will troll and troll.

->"What does your character want? What motivates him?" Ed prompts.
->"Uh," I say, "he wants to be chaotic and evil?" I offer.
->"But *why*?" Ed asks, "That's the real question."
->"Oh," I say, finally understanding. "Because he's a jerk, of course."
--> -- Jeff Freeman, ''[[http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/columns/ackjun98.html Background: I'm Evil!]]''

* ''SupremePower'' villain Redstone's reasons for killing: "Because I can, because I'm good at it, and because I like it."

* Yokoya from ''LiarGame'' participates in the namesake game solely for a chance to conrol, dominate and generally screw other participants, preying on their fear and desperation - unlike other players he's rich and does not need prize money. Being a tyrant and forcing the worst in people to the surface is his hobby.

* Robert Hansen, who played TheMostDangerousGame with his victims.

* In ''{{Persona 4}}'', [[spoiler:Adachi, like the protagonist,]] was given the power to enter the Midnight Channel [[spoiler: by Izanami.]] As it turns out, [[spoiler:his [[ObfuscatingStupidity bumbling personality]]]] was just a mask, he rants and rages how he hates [[spoiler:being stuck in the "boonies" that is Inaba,]] and has a low opinion on [[spoiler:women who reject him]] in general. When asked on why he [[spoiler:committed the murders and secretly convincing Namatame to toss people into the TV world,]] he simply says "because it's fun". He would vastly prefer [[spoiler:Inaba and the TV world to merge,]] as he was carrying out [[spoiler:Izanami's plan to cause [[AssimilationPlot total assimilation]], if humans desired it enough.]]
** Let's not forget his line, said with total dissonant serenity: "I did that stuff 'cause I could. And it got interesting, so I watched."

Such a villain is usually [[MagnificentBastard really, really cool]], EvillyAffable, [[CompleteMonster completely horrific]], or [[BoringInvincibleVillain absurdly stupid]]. Or, (s)he may just be the victim of rampant {{motive decay}}. This depends on the way it's written and the context of the story.

->"''[[TheJoker Some men]] aren't looking for anything logical [[{{Greed}} like money]]. They can't be [[CutLexLuthorACheck bought]], [[ShutUpHannibal bullied]], [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath reasoned, or negotiated with]]. [[MonsterClown Some]] [[CompleteMonster men]] just want to watch the world burn.''"

*** ChaoticGood implies a relatively high moral standing. If they had that, they would not have participated in Anonymous in the first place.

** The Heaven's Feel scenario [[spoiler:turns this into a DeconstructedTrope by giving us Kotomine's backstory and showing just what sort of twisted and tormented person he is: Kotomine is perfectly capable of understanding the nuances of right and wrong and has, in fact, in several occasions tried to live a good life -- by for instance becoming a priest specializing in healing and trying to have a family -- while at the same time being utterly unable to get any pleasure from life unless he's causing someone pain and suffering. He is fully aware of just how deviant this makes him and he considers his birth to be a 'mistake'.]]

* Terumi Yuuki from ''{{Blazblue}}'' is directly responsible for a lot of the bad things that have happened to Ragna, Jin, Noel, Kokonoe, Arakune, and many others, and he seems to have no motivation for doing many of these things except to be a dick.

* Eris from ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''. Even though her actions are justified since she is the goddess of chaos after all, she seems to enjoy way too much what she does, and the worst part is that most of the time her goals are just insignificant or pointless, like a kung-fu tournament or the main characters who haven't done anything to her yet.

* Eris from TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy. Even though her actions are justified since she is the goddess of chaos after all, she seems to enjoy way too much what she does, and the worst part is that most of the time her goals are just insignificant or pointless, like a kung-fu tournament or the main characters who haven't done anything to her yet.

But then there's the kind of villain that doesn't have that kind of motive. They can't be reasoned with because they're in it for fun. Their motive for doing evil things is "because I can". Often happen to be [[CardCarryingVillain card-carrying villains]]. Some [[PsychoForHire Psychos for Hire]] follow this trope. If your motive is this, you might be a {{complete monster}}, but it's just as likely that you're {{evilly affable}}. (Or both.) If you do this while ignoring common sense and basic self-preservation, you're probably StupidEvil. Or, possibly, ChaoticStupid.