History Main / SuperpoweredEvilSide

* Parodied in ''YuYuHakusho''. Yusuke [[spoiler:dies, it is revealed that he is in fact part demon. Said demon blood kicks in and he comes BackFromTheDead, with his demonic powers lending him a considerable increase in strength.]] He then decides to have a little fun at the expense of some alarmist commandos who wanted to take him out.

** Late in his fight with Sensui, [[spoiler:the trope is played straight, as while he still isn't quite able to overpower him, his demonic ancestor Raizen takes control of his body and uses it 'better,' defeating Sensui easily and killing him, which Yusuke is not cool with. Mostly because he wanted to kill Sensi himself...]]

*** [[spoiler: Actually Kazuya is the second strongest, so the trope is played straight if you compare him to Minoru (Sensui's cold, calculating personality) but inverted compared to Shinobu.]]

** It's also important to note that in the Bleach universe, DarkIsNotEvil and LightIsNotGood when it comes to color schemes, with white representing death, and Hollow Ichigo is almost completely white. In fact, Kubo was so dead set on this color symbolism that the original title was supposed to be Black, but then he decided that Black was too unoriginal, so he changed it to White. White had the same problem, so he eventually settled on Bleach.

* {{Batman}}:

* In an episode of ''The New Adventures of Batman'' (the one after ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''), Batman inhales an anti-fear toxin made by the Scarecrow. As a result, Batman has no fear. NONE. Bruce Wayne (in disguise) infiltrates some facility and has to deal with a moat with an alligator minutes after being exposed. He walks through the moat, becoming completely submerged. While still under water, he sends the animal flying from the moat and continues on his merry way.

** He channels negative emotion into action a lot better than positive happpy emotion. Taking over the world is a negative emotion. He also channels his powers when someone hurts Kim. He just does a lot better when in angry mindframe.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'', an accident causes Slimer to start turning into a huge, demonic, bestial version of himself that the heroes name "Big Green", who sort of becomes a MrHyde type of SplitPersonality. Once they find out what happened, Egon manages to separate them into two ghosts, and then defeat Big Green without hurting Slimer.

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' introduced us to the concept of forty meter tall mechas going berserk. Let's take a tally, shall we?

* Played strait in Ah! Archfall! Even before he had his Archs, Jago was a competent fighter but when things got rough, he could us his dark power side, known as "Papa Jupiter". At his most basic level, Jupiter can boost Jago's fighting power to the point where he can plaster ten grown men. At the full extent of his powers, he is AT LEAST as powerful as either the Almighty One or Lady Hild (possibly more so). Unfortunately at this level of power, he has no problem with killing people, even those he cares about (though he prefers enemies as they tend to fight back). [[spoiler:As the story progresses, its revealed that Jupiter taking over is the only thing that Jago is REALLY afraid of. This is brought to a head during the Deity Games when he faces a mirror that reflects a person's worst fears as sees the result of what a fully unleashed Jupiter can do; he devastates the world, crucifies Lamb and Damascus, beats Lind to death with a rock and uses his knife to murder their infant son. The physic torment this causes is so great that it actually makes the mirror shatter.]]

** Though recent chapters have revealed that Inner Moka is the true personality of the one body and the Outer Moka was created [[spoiler: when Moka's powers were sealed by her mother's Rosario so she could go in to hiding.]]

** Well, he IS his own Superpowered Evil Side, after all he killed 2 Makuta, an act he'd normally find deplorable.

** Son Gohan during the Cell Games is a chilling example in anime. It is more than a little disquieting to watch the kind-hearted and sensitive little boy we have come to care about turn into a gleefully cold-blooded sadist when he achieves the Messianic power of Super Saiyan 2.

* Son Goku from ''{{Saiyuki}}''. His 'evil side', the Seiten Taisei, is akin to a heretical chaos god and nearly overthrew the Heavens, goes on an UnstoppableRage whenever unleashed, and usually ends up trashing both the enemy, AND his teammates by the time he's finally stopped. The only thing that keeps him in check is the crown he wears which serves as a RestrainingBolt.
** The normally timid Cho Hakkai's demon form, which leaves only puddles of blood and entrails where his enemies once stood.
*** Actually Hakkai is in complete control while his limiters are off. Even as a human he was a bit of a ruthless bastard.

* The Marvel Comics version of Mr. Hyde (Calvin Zabo) is a subversion too. Hyde is indeed much stronger than Zabo in this case, but Zabo is just as evil as his alter-ego. Hyde is simply far more bestial and violent.

*** The ''Rebuild 2.0'' version of that battle turned out to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as Unit 01 '''{{Mind Rape}}d Zeruel to death''' while Shinji was in control the whole time. Keeping with the heavy symbolism of NGE, Unit 01 even manifested a halo about halfway through the CurbstompBattle. And after [[spoiler:absorbing Unit-00's core and Zeruel's body into itself]], it became so powerful that ''it began to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt unmake the world]] just by existing''. [[spoiler:Good thing Kaworu's Eva has a very good throwing arm...]]

* Tohma in ''MagicalLyricalNanohaForce'' has his Black Knight form. When it comes out, he gains a HealingFactor, powerful magic, and is capable of performing a Zero Effect, which greatly drains the energies of anyone and anything in a wide area. Unfortunately, he loses over half his consciousness in this form, replacing it with an insatiable need to kill.

* Mayo Kagura from ''LightNovel/MaiHiMEDestiny''. In a series where everyone has {{psychic powers}}, it's hard to stand out when you have boring ol' telekinesis... unless you have a Superpowered Evil Side that can ''uproot trees and use them as weapons''.

* Tohma in ''MagicalRecordsLyricalNanohaForce'' has his Black Knight form. When it comes out, he gains a HealingFactor, powerful magic, and is capable of performing a Zero Effect, which greatly drains the energies of anyone and anything in a wide area. Unfortunately, he loses over half his consciousness in this form, replacing it with an insatiable need to kill.

* Hotaru Tomoe from {{Sailor Moon}} who has ''two'' other sides. Sailor Saturn and Mistress 9, who nearly destroyed the world.

* Mayo Kagura from ''LightNovel/{{Mai-HiME Destiny}}''. In a series where everyone has {{psychic powers}}, it's hard to stand out when you have boring ol' telekinesis... unless you have a Superpowered Evil Side that can ''uproot trees and use them as weapons''.

* Tohma in ''[[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Magical Records Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'' has his Black Knight form. When it comes out, he gains a HealingFactor, powerful magic, and is capable of performing a Zero Effect, which greatly drains the energies of anyone and anything in a wide area. Unfortunately, he loses over half his consciousness in this form, replacing it with an insatiable need to kill.

* In ''SteelAngelKurumi'', at least the anime version, it's revealed that Kurumi's Angel Heart Mk. II has both an angel ''and'' a demon in it. Thanks to Nakahito commanding Kurumi not to hurt people, Kurumi finds herself helpless during fights because she doesn't want to hurt anyone, especially her fellow Steel Angel sisters. The demon side manifests soon after, BlankEyes, grim demeanor and the ability to punch holes into walls ''from a distance''. When Nakahito's kidnapped in an attempt to find out why his power makes Kurumi stronger, she starts to freak out and slip farther and farther into this power until everyone is forced to use a last-ditch weapon to kill her. Thankfully, Nakahito's able to break through to her and TrueLovesKiss ends up purifying her heart.

* Inu-Yasha's demon side in ''InuYasha'', although it could also be interpreted as WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity, as his bouts of insanity stem from having too much demonic power for his half-human body to handle. His EmpathicWeapon Tessaiga acts as a RestrainingBolt.
** Subverted in that eventually Tessaiga itself is so powerful that his demon side is actually [[PowerupLetdown weaker]] by comparison.
** Suikotsu of the Shichinintai is a [[TheMedic doctor]] with SplitPersonality whose darker side is a sadistic, blood-thirsty murderer.

* Lucy from ''Manga/ElfenLied'' is a variant of this trope - while she was originally the 'true' personality, she suffered a nasty head wound that caused SplitPersonality and left her [[HelplessGoodSide nonpowered good side]], CuteMute Nyuu, in control. The times when her 'true' self resurfaces fits this trope to a tee.
** In the manga, we learn that [[spoiler:Lucy - or rather, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname Kaede]] - is actually more of a superpowered ''neutral'' side, who's been listening to and partly controlled by a completely insane OmnicidalManiac ''third'' personality (created by either her Diclonius instincts or by [[BewareTheNiceOnes snapping]] as a result of [[KidsAreCruel the]] [[OrphanageOfFear torment]] [[BreakTheCutie inflicted]] [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer on]] [[MuggingTheMonster her]] when she was young, whichever theory you prefer) that wishes to annihilate the entire human species, if not all sentient life.]]
* Orson from ''RecordOfLodossWar'' is a Berserker Class and, when he gets angry, with the influence of the demon Hyuri he becomes an unstoppable killing machine that wields a massive claymore as if it were a toothpick.
* Sumire's Anti-Virus mode (called "Berserker") in ''VenusVersusVirus''.
* Vash the Stampede's eponymous weapon in ''{{Trigun}}'' is triggered involuntarily by such events.

** Judai, Fubuki, and Kaiser in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''... except Kaiser doesn't gain an evil side as much a [[FreakOut new evil persona]].

** Displayed in ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' with the Dark Signers. Most of them became evil due to BlatantLies told to them by the Earthbound Gods, and most [[RedemptionEqualsDeath came to their senses before it was too late]]. Aki is another example, although a HeelFaceTurn in her case didn't cause her to lose her powers. (In fact, it actually made them more benign, eventually.)
* The eponymous warriors of ''{{Claymore}}'' constantly run the risk of becoming "Awakened Ones" when using their powers. In that state, they become their superpowered evil sides without any chance of turning back to their original forms.
** The twist is [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower lets the sufficiently motivated come back from the brink and retain some control after completely transforming]].

** Along the same vein, that goes for the brief 'cameo' of [[spoiler:"Black Yuki"]] in the later chapters as well.
* When Yuuri from ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' reaches an appropriate level of moral outrage, he involuntarily transforms into a larger version of himself with cooler hair, amazing magical powers and a thirst for justice.

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure part 5'', the protagonist Giorno Giovanna develops a new stand "Golden Experience Requiem" which is intelligent and can act on its own, and completely destroys his enemy Diavolo, causing him to experience death over and over again for all eternity.
* Ginji's Raitei persona in ''GetBackers''. [[spoiler:Kazuki]] also has one, when [[spoiler:he releases the seal on his Stigma eye.]] The same way Ginji is the "Thunder Emperor," he's "the Prince of Terror."
* In ''DaaDaaDaa'', you can see a crystal-clear example in Christine, the older Hanakomachi... when a girl (human, alien, it doesn't matter) approaches his beloved Kanata in a remotely romantic way, she emits a black aura and her eyes glow: it's your cue to get away. In such state she is capable of feats like lifting trees & breaking concrete walls. She's not evil, just [[ClingyJealousGirl clingy]].

* Guts, the protagonist of ''{{Berserk}}'', is known to slip into this state during particularly tense moments.
** [[spoiler:In the manga, this becomes personified by The Beast, a feral lupine creature formed from the considerable amount of rage at the Godhand (and Griffith in particular) and other negative emotions that Guts suffers from after the Eclipse. When Guts is under The Beast's influence, he becomes a danger to everyone around him, even the people he loves -- at one point in the manga, [[NearRapeExperience he almost rapes Casca while under its influence.]] Later on, he acquires the Berserker Armor, an extremely dangerous cursed Dwarven artifact that blinds its user to pain and limitations and causes them to see everything as a threat. It also becomes a kind of physical conduit for The Beast.]]
* In the h-anime ''Makai Tenshi Jibril'' (Translated title: ''Jiburiru - The Devil Angel''), {{Meganekko}}-with-a-crush Meimi is given the sadistic MagicalGirl persona of Misty May, the "Devil" counterpart to the heroine Rika, (St. Jibril/Jiburiru)
** Closer to the trope definition would be Rika's evil form in the sequel, or Hikari's Black Aries form in the third game.
* This happened in ''{{Guyver}}'' once, but it was a doozy. [[spoiler:After his father was turned into an Enzyme Zoanoid and ripped out Sho's brain, the Guyver itself took over Sho and killed his father. Let's just say that when he found out, he didn't take it well.]]
** Though this wasn't so much the Guyver being evil, as obeying its Prime Directive of wearer-preservation.
* In ''DGrayMan'', Allen's [[EmpathicWeapon Innocence]] seems to have a mind of its own and tends to upgrade itself when Allen gets particularly angry or emotional. It also can control Allen when he's unconscious, and it tends to be very vicious. Then again, it's only dangerous to [[TheHeartless Akuma]].
** Also Arystar Krory, although he has less of a Superpowered Evil Side than a Superpowered DeadpanSnarker BadAss Side.
** There's also the Noah, although they're [[AffablyEvil (affably) evil]] to begin with.

** Allen, with the Fourteenth Noah [[spoiler: who is now making himself heard in conversation, if only to mess with ''the Millennium Earl's'' head.]] The Fourteenth hasn't been seen in actual combat yet, so 'superpowered' may still in question (yeah, right), but [[spoiler:his brief awakening in Allen is enough to terrify a Level 4 akuma and his ability to make [[TheMessiah Allen]] display a truly nasty SlasherSmile]] definitely hints at the evil part.

** The normally timid Cho Hakkai's demon form, which leaves only puddles of blood and entrails where his enemies once stood.
*** Actually Hakkai is in complete control while his limiters are off. Even as a human he was a bit of a ruthless bastard.
* In ''SoulEater'':

** While not anywhere as drastic a change as the above, Stein's tactic against Medusa, of giving into his own madness, could also be seen as this. Though this side is not so much 'hidden' as it is what Stein would ''be'' if he didn't hold himself back through fear. He also seems able to control it frighteningly well, if Spirit's comments at the time are anything to go by.
* Koyori in ''NurseWitchKomugi'' has a literal evil MagicalGirl SplitPersonality that she is completely unaware of.
* Lina from ''{{Slayers}}'' when she's [[spoiler:possessed by the being that accidentally created the universe and was presumed to be ready to undo it just as willingly. However, it is instantly subverted as it chastises the villain that made Lina fall to it and unmakes only him and all his plans. Her actual motivations [[BlueAndOrangeMorality are stated to be simply alien to our moral scale]].]]
* The "berserker spirits" aka The Dragons from ''IkkiTousen''. So far, we have four dragon holders: Hakufu, Ryuubi, Sousou, and [[spoiler:Ryoumou]]
* ''SonicX'': Absorbing the negative energy of a factory's worth of fake Chaos Emeralds coupled with seeing his friends tortured unleashed [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XtvplkXKSaY Dark Sonic]] for the first time in animated continuity. Complete with white eyes and navy-dark energy all over his body, plus the ability to tear anything that pisses him off to shreds.
* The main character of ''SixSixSixSatan'' is actually the container of Satan himself along with nine other demons that have the ability to possess people. There are also ten angels, none of which are evil or trying to take over but some are incredibly vain and judgmental.
* While not necessarily "evil," a mechanical version of this can be found within ''GundamWing'', specifically in the form of the Zero System, a computer system in the Wing Zero which interfaces with the pilot's brain, enhancing his reaction time and aggressiveness, and allowing him to process tactical data with superhuman speed and efficiency... with a fun little side effect of driving the pilot temporarily AxCrazy. Given that they're still inside a giant, city-killing death machine with all their piloting skills boosted, results are predictably messy.

** ''{{Gundam 00}}'' also has fun with this - Allelujah Haptism has a SplitPersonality: Hallelujiah, a blood-thirsty "warrior" half who is more skilled than any other pilot in Celestial Being.

* Dark Schneider/Lucien in ''{{Bastard}}''. Tiny, fifteen year old boy turns into the infamous eponymous bastard, the all-powerful Exploding Wizard. Then subverted since Darsh does a lot of dorky things outside of battle and seems much more like a JerkWithAHeartOfGold than anything else, with some people often remarking that compared to the Dark Schneider of fifteen years ago, this one is practically a ''saint''.
* In ''{{Saikano}}'', Chise's personality while in [[PersonofMassDestruction the Ultimate Weapon form]] could be psychotically vindictive, threatening on multiple occasions to utterly eradicate anyone who got in her way or made her mad, be it friend or foe... and that she could do so with ridiculous ease made her even more horrifying.
* Parodied in ''YuYuHakusho''. Yusuke [[spoiler:dies, it is revealed that he is in fact part demon. Said demon blood kicks in and he comes BackFromTheDead, with his demonic powers lending him a considerable increase in strength.]] He then decides to have a little fun at the expense of some alarmist commandos who wanted to take him out.

** Late in his fight with Sensui, [[spoiler:the trope is played straight, as while he still isn't quite able to overpower him, his demonic ancestor Raizen takes control of his body and uses it 'better,' defeating Sensui easily and killing him, which Yusuke is not cool with. Mostly because he wanted to kill Sensi himself...]]
** Sensui himself is an inversion of this trope. Of [[spoiler:his seven personalities, the strongest one is Shinobu, the original one, and the only one to remain pure and innocent. His Kazuya personality, by far the most violent and sadistic, is the weakest personality shown.]]
*** [[spoiler: Actually Kazuya is the second strongest, so the trope is played straight if you compare him to Minoru (Sensui's cold, calculating personality) but inverted compared to Shinobu.]]

* Mayo Kagura from ''LightNovel/{{Mai-HiME Destiny}}''. In a series where everyone has {{psychic powers}}, it's hard to stand out when you have boring ol' telekinesis... unless you have a Superpowered Evil Side that can ''uproot trees and use them as weapons''.
* Ryo Takatsuki from ''{{Project ARMS}}''. His [[RedRightHand right arm]] is a nanite-based entity known as the Jabberwock. Get him ticked off enough, and the Jabberwock spreads over and takes control of his entire body. Though more really, really angry rather than outright evil, this doesn't stop Jabberwock from doing such feats as [[spoiler:tearing apart a helicopter division, numerous other ARMS, emitting ''fire'', and much, much more. Oh yeah, and it evolves too.]]
* In ''OmamoriHimari'', [[spoiler:all demons, including Himari, can fall prey to their instincts or desires and become savage beasts. In Himari's case, she turns into a nigh unstoppable juggernaut-but, like any other demon, she runs the risk of not being able to return to normal.]] It's explicitly stated that in this situation, they ''will'' be exterminated.
* As of recent events in ''MahouSenseiNegima'', it seems that [[spoiler:the "Encroachment of [[BlackMagic Magia Erebea]]" is causing Negi to develop one of these.]]
** Played with in that when he learns that [[spoiler: the superpowered evil side is a product of the Magia Erebea turning him into a demon and that there's no known way to stop it]], rather than decide he'll figure out a way to seal it away permanently, he ''instantly, without hesitation'', decides to get the whole [[spoiler: demonic conversion process]] over with right now and get it out of the way.
** Technically [[spoiler: he agreed without fully understanding how it worked, and Eva just [[SinkOrSwimMentor kickstarted the process.]] Given that the alternative is well, the same thing only over a longer time period, and that the point of the conversion is to get the Superpowered Evil Side under control, it was really the only viable option anyway.]]

* Urd of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' (at least in the anime).

* In ''Manga/{{Air Gear}}'' one of the strongest members of the protagonist's [[FiveManBand team]] has a split personality. Although Agito isn't exactly evil, [[AntiHero his aggressive, bloodthirsty behaviour]] and great skill at the series' [[SeriousBusiness title sport]] make him this to Akito, one of the gentlest characters in the series. Additionally, [[spoiler:later on Agito/Akito discovers he has a third personality named Lind who embodies this trope. He's the polar opposite of Akito and is implied to be much better at Air Gear than Agito. Although his intentions are still largely unknown, Agito himself warns the protagonist that Lind will probably end up becoming the main personality and betraying him.]]
* ''{{Change 123}}'' demonstrates why, in the real world, this is less of a cool new power and more of a deadly serious problem; you don't want your high-school girlfriend to snap and try to kill someone on your behalf because they said nasty things about you...[[spoiler:or to try to kill you because you tried to stop her from killing that person.]]
* The anime movie TekkonKinkreet has the main character Black get saved [[spoiler:from space aliens by his own Superpowered Evil Side known as "The Minotaur" which then tries to completely overtake him and show him the true power "The Minotaur" can unleash.]]

* ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' introduced us to the concept of forty meter tall mechas going berserk. Let's take a tally, shall we?
** Unit 00 during an activation test, it attempts to kill Gendo before starting to repeatly headbutt the wall until it runs out of power.
** Unit 01 during the Sachiel battle, ended with an UnflinchingWalk.
** Not really berserk but the dummy plugs do battles the messy way. Just look at Unit 01's Rei-plug tearing Unit 03/Bardiel to pieces or the MP Evas' Kaworu-plugs gutting Asuka in ''End of Evangelion''.
** Unit 01 again during the Zeruel battle. It behaves more like a rabid gorilla than a human. Once it eats Zeruel's S2 Engine, it just stands there and roars to the sky.
*** The ''Rebuild 2.0'' version of that battle turned out to be a CrowningMomentOfAwesome as Unit 01 '''{{Mind Rape}}d Zeruel to death''' while Shinji was in control the whole time. Keeping with the heavy symbolism of NGE, Unit 01 even manifested a halo about halfway through the CurbstompBattle. And after [[spoiler:absorbing Unit-00's core and Zeruel's body into itself]], it became so powerful that ''it began to [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt unmake the world]] just by existing''. [[spoiler:Good thing Kaworu's Eva has a very good throwing arm...]]
** Mari hijacks Unit 02 during the ''Rebuild 2.0'' Zeruel battle and, when she fails to gain the upper hand, triggers [[HeroicRROD Beast Mode]]. Even if an Eva goes berserk, it has restraints. Now you see what happens if the pilot willingly removes those: it behaves like a rabid [[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorph]], snarling, salivating and making impossibly cool leaps.

* OnePiece has Chopper, a shapeshifter who normally has three forms available. When he eats a Rumble Ball, he gets access to four more forms for three minutes. If he eats another before the cooldown wears off, he gets three more minutes, but the shapeshifting is uncontrollable. If he eats a ''third'', he morphs into a giant monster that's incredibly powerful, incredibly resilient, and absolutely uncontrollable. In its first appearance, he [[CurbStompBattle one-shotted]] an enemy who had been beating him handily a moment before, then smashed through a castle wall and went on a rampage, destroying a dozen rooms before Franky managed to throw him into the ocean.

SubTrope of EnemyWithin and SuperpoweredAlterEgo.

* Himura Kenshin from ''RurouniKenshin'' is a technical pacifist in battle, fights with a reverse-blade sword and vowed years ago to never kill again. But if things seem to be getting out of hand even for him to handle (usually when his friends are in danger), his fighting style and mindset slowly begin changing into the highly pragmatic and ruthless Battousai, the assassin he was ten years ago. He switches the extremely humble ''sessha'' for the brash ''ore'', loses the ''de gozaru'' from his speech, his eyes turn gold and more slanted and he moves for the kill. In the anime, Battousai seems to be considered an actual personality Kenshin has learned to seal off by creating his rurouni persona - he has to punch himself in the face to push it back and revert back. In the manga, this gets lampshaded a bit when Kenshin remarks that his face muscles have cramped and he isn't able to end his permanent death glare.

** Dark Yugi seemed more like he was giving evildoers [[KarmicDeath poetic justice]] for messing with Yugi and his friends rather than doing it for his own evil delights in the initial chapters of the manga. And while he looked pretty scary while doing so, [[DarkIsNotEvil that doesn't mean he was evil]]. He's more of a superpowered evil side that isn't actually "evil". I'd like to see this interview myself to see if this came directly from the author or the editors of the American Shonen Jump (WordofGod matters more if it comes from the former). Also, his [[{{ItsAllMyFault}} rage and desperate desire to win]] during the "Waking the Dragons" [[{{Filler}} filler saga]] isn't anything like his [[SealedBadassInACan calm and collected confidence]] in the original manga.
*** Let's see. Sets man on fire for real, sends explosive vial sliding across the makeshift air hockey table (which goes boom on the loser, and it may or may not have been real), inflicting post traumatic stress disorder on Kaiba by turning him into a card (and inspiring him to be much more evil)... Yeah, Yami was evil. The only thing that made it acceptable is because every victim very definitely [[AssholeVictim had it coming]]. That, and every shadow game he ran was a fair test of character.
*** Dark Yugi had the intentions of keeping his other self, his family, and friends safe from harm though. If anything, he was sort of a WellIntentionedExtremist, although his friends didn't seem to mind him dishing out Penalty Games to the assholes they faced. Would you call THEM evil? He stopped giving out Penalty Games on his own accord after hearing about the evil intelligence in the Millennium items. And unless Takahashi says it himself, no one should be claiming that the other Yugi was officially "evil". Viz has made many mistake while localizaing the manga, so we should take a Q&A from them with a grain of salt, not as WordofGod.

-->But I'm not my "kind", not anymore — your shadow leeches saw to that. I'm half Toa of [[LightEmUp Light]], half Toa of [[CastingAShadow Shadow]]. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor This was what you wanted, wasn't it?]] Toa consumed by darkness, Toa not hampered by things like mercy or morality. [[GoneHorriblyRight Well, now you can choke on it.]]
-->-- '''Toa Takanuva''', Franchise/{{BIONICLE}}

** [[spoiler: She's right. When he's in this state he's basically letting his anger and pride control him (something he had often warned others against), and lacks the finite control that made him so powerful in the first place. It also prevents him from taping into his full powers.]]