History Main / ForTheEvulz

* [[MetalWolfChaos RICHARD Hawk]], who laughs constantly while testing out a superweapon on New York City and filling Chicago with poison gas.

** From the same series, the Master fit this trope after he [[MotiveDecay lost anything resembling a motive]], or, as one of the producers said while trying to describe his actions in "Last of the Time Lords": "He is a [[TeensAreMonsters twelve year old]] and the world is his bed room."

** “There was nothing in the realm of torture and humiliation he didn't try. You can look up what Human Rights Watch (…) has produced about Iraq for many many years and you'll read stuff that will freeze your blood, you won't be able to [[BrainBleach get it out of your mind]] what it was like to be A prisoner in Iraq under Saddam Hussein. It was almost like a theme park.” – [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wNicluzOT0&feature=related Radio interview with Christopher Hitchens.]]

Many dictators follow this trope. The most notorious example of recent times is Saddam Hussein who ran what amounted to “a pornographic theme park”. Saddam and his goons were always thinking up new ways to gruesomely murder people for no apparent reason and not only made family members watch, but made them applaud. If the family members were not available at the time the event was recorded and the video delivered to the family. Wow.

* [[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/loeb/index_1.html Leopold and Loeb]] murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks just to see if they could commit the perfect crime. They didn't.

* Kimbley from ''FullmetalAlchemist'' loves to cause explosions and makes people living (not very long) bombs. For no particular reason, he just enjoys it.
** Kimbley was expanded on and somewhat averted in the manga. While a psychopath and working for whichever side [[MadBomber lets him blow stuff up]], he also has a strong personal code and isn't above destroying his allies [[MagnificentBastard just because they go against theirs]].

-->'''Spike''': "The thing is, I ''like'' this world. You've got Manchester United, dogracing, and ''people''. Millions of people, all walking around, like Happy Meals on legs."
*** Angel and Spike have a conversation in ''{{Angel}}'' concerning how they committed atrocities ForTheEvulz -- but in different ways. Spike loved killing for the sake of it and didn't bother to give his victims another glance. Angelus couldn't look away from his victims and relished their suffering.

* Mr. Black in episode 401 of ''TheSimpsons'', "Kamp Krusty", as show by his toast to the three juvenile delinquints he is employing as camp counselors:

* Kuroudo Akabane, the transporter from GetBackers, fits this to a T. He basically is a transporter for the sole purpose of being a transporter is cutting people into bloody bits -- many of whom are not as skilled as him. The goal of this endeavor is to find someone who is a challenge to fight, which he finds with Ban and Ginji. (Cue the Ho Yay.) This is his idea of "fun."
* There's two quotes from ''{{Dangaioh}}'' both uttered by Gil Berg, who spent his first few appearances getting kicked around by the heroes. He has one of the (teenage female) pilots trapped, and is torturing her. He says "You might think I'm doing this for information, or revenge, but the truth is I just like torturing little girls. I know it's sick, but everyone needs a hobby." Later, after handing the heroes their asses and destroying their mentor, the camera zooms in on his face and he says "Do you know anyone who has as much fun as I do?"

* Ladd Russo for {{Baccano}} makes it clear that the only reason why he works as an [[CareerKiller assassin]] and goes on a murderous rampage on the train is because he FEELS LIKE IT.

** Kimbley was expanded on and somewhat averted in the manga. While a psychopath and working for whichever side [[MadBomber let's him blow stuff up]], he also has a strong personal code and isn't above destroying his allies [[MagnificentBastard just because they go against theirs]].

* In the second Japanese ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' anime, known as Duel Monsters in Japan and the version that was dubbed, this is pretty much Dark Malik's motivation. He just wants to cause havoc because he can, really. [[MotiveDecay Not so much in the dub...]]

* 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 has no motivation for doing many of these things except to be a dick.

[[caption-width-right:276:ForTheLulz. The only reason why anybody does anything.]]

** Actually, Ryuk at least did it ForTheLulz, not ForTheEvulz. Not sure about L or Light, though...

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

* Bun-Bun of ''SluggyFreelance'' fame is sometimes this. A lot of the time, he's after something (money, strippers, alfalfa hay), but sometimes, he just wants a bit of a laugh. Ka-CLICK.