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** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has the Collectors, who are taking the inhabitants of human colonies in order to [[spoiler:liquefy them in order to create a new kind of Reaper]].
** And in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''? [[spoiler:You have to fight the Reapers in order to stop them from destroying the entire goddamned galaxy]].

* As one [[MyLifeIsAGoddamnMess Lets Play]] put it, Strega's sole purpose in ''{{Persona 3}}'' seems to be to provide [[PlayerPunch Player Punches]] and be a [[AntiClimaxBossFight Anti-Climatic Boss Fights]].

* As one [[MyLifeIsAGoddamnMess Lets Play]] put it, Strega's sole purpose in ''{{Persona 3}}'' seems to be to provide [[PlayerPunch Player Punches] and be a [[AntiClimaxBossFight Anti-Climatic Boss Fights]].

* As one [[MyLifeIsAGoddamnMess Lets Play]] put it, Strega's sole purpose in ''{{Persona 3}}'' seems to be to provide PlayerPunches and be a Anti-ClimaticBossFight.

* In practically ''every StoryArc'' in ''{{Bleach}}'', Hollows are involved in some way, shape or form. In the very first one, they're worked in a MonsterOfTheWeek format. In the second arc, they appeared as EliteMooks in flashbacks, and in the very last act, a group of {{Giant Mook}}s showed up to transport the BigBad to their dimension, Hueco Mundo. Following that, we're introduced to Hollow-Shinigami hybrids called Arrancars, who take over the scene as a WarArc erupts between them and the Soul Society. Hell, in the Deicide mini-arc, said BigBad used the Hogyoku, the same devise that created the Arrancars, on himself, but it gradually turned him more Hollow-esque with each transformation. Even in the latest arc, where the antagonists are essentially superhumans, said superhumans only gained their abilities because Hollows attacked their pregnant mothers in the first place.

* ''MassEffect'' had, in the past, the Rachni and the Krogan threatening the galaxy's extinction for centuries. Now, it's the Geth popping up everywhere, threatening civilization as we know it, though several krogan clans work with them.
** ''MassEffect2'' has the Collectors, who are taking the inhabitants of human colonies in order to [[spoiler:liquefy them in order to create a new kind of Reaper]].
** And in ''MassEffect3''? [[spoiler:You have to fight the Reapers in order to stop them from destroying the entire goddamned galaxy]].

** Space Marines, due to the fact that they're the biggest evil in the galaxy.

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* Ian from TheDescendants absolutely hates anything that comes from Faerie.

* ''MassEffect'' had, in the past, the Rachni and the Krogan threatening the galaxy's extinction for centuries. Now, it's the Geth popping up everywhere, threatening civilization as we know it.

* In WerewolfTheApocalypse the player characters had to fight neverending hordes of banes (especially scrags) along with the fomori and Black Spiral Dancers.

* The original orcs of the ''LordOfTheRings'', of course...

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[[caption-width-right:293:For CiaphasCain, not seeing one ever again would be too soon.]]

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[[caption-width-right:293:Think you're gonna make some progress? Think again.]]

Related to AlwaysChaoticEvil, ScaryDogmaticAliens, VillainByDefault, {{Aliens and Monsters}}, and TheHeartless. May even be the [[SuperTrope over-trope]] into which they all fit. TheUsualAdversaries are similar to GoddamnedBats, but while GoddamnedBats is a gameplay trope, TheUsualAdversaries is a narrative one. GoddamnedBats may annoy the hell out of you when you play a game, but TheUsualAdversaries are what annoy the hell out of your characters in [[TheVerse the universe]].

* Nobody in the ''{{Firefly}}'' universe much cares for the [[FutureSlang gorram]] Reavers. Given their tendency to rape people to death, eat their flesh and sew their skins to their clothing and not necessarily in that order), this is quite justified.

* ''MassEffect'' had, in the past, the Goddamn Rachni and the Goddamn Krogan threatening the galaxy's extinction for centuries. Now, it's the Goddamn Geth popping up everywhere, threatening civilization as we know it. In the sequel? Goddamned Collectors. [[spoiler:And in 3? Goddamn ''Reapers''.]]

Not to be confused with OurOrcsAreDifferent or GoddamnedBats.

* The Goddamn Beastmen are this for the first half of TengenToppaGurrenLagann. After suppressing the humans underground for who knows how long they had it a long time coming too.

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* In [[Film/StarTrek the new Star Trek movie]], it's "Goddamn Romulans."

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* This trope's ''definition'' is subverted in ''Dream Park'', where "typical orks" is a term used by players to refer to ''{{Mook}}'' opponents, Evil or otherwise, that pose little or no challenge.

* [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Goddamn]] [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul Borg]] decayed from HighOctaneNightmareFuel to this over the course of many years. [[StarTrek Also, the Goddamn]] Klingons, Romulans, Ferengi, and multiple other races of RubberForeheadAliens that seem to have more evil members running around than good.
** Don't forget the Goddamn Cardassians in StarTrekDeepSpaceNine, and the Goddamn Kazon in the first few seasons of StarTrekVoyager.
*** And then, in StarTrekOnline, we have all of the above plus [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Goddamn]] [[TheChessmaster Undine]] and [[BigBad Goddamn]] [[AbusivePrecursors Iconinans]]. The latter of whom are mostly responsible for all the other Goddamn Orks.
* Nobody in the ''{{Firefly}}'' universe much cares for the [[FutureSlang gorram]] Reavers. Given their tendency to rape people to death, eat their flesh and sew their skins to their clothing ([[HighOctaneNightmareFuel and not necessarily in that order]]), this is quite justified.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'''s Orks are the {{trope namer|s}}, specifically because they reproduce by dying, and are the most numerous species in the galaxy. But also....
** Boy howdy...[[PowerBornOfMadness Goddamn]] [[TheCorruption Chaos Space Marines]], due to the fact that they're the biggest evil in the galaxy; [[EvilAlbino Goddamn]] [[EvilTastesGood Dark]] [[TheFairFolk Eldar]]; [[ZombieApocalypse Goddamn]] [[RobotWar Necrons]], due to their inability to die and very high-powered weapons; [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Goddamn]] [[BugWar Tyranids]], because of [[ZergRush sheer overwhelming numbers]]...
*** Goddamn ''[[EverythingTryingToKillYou everything that isn't you.]]'' Including [[EnemyCivilWar subgroups of your own faction]].

* [[{{Paranoia}} Goddamn Other Player Characters! Goddamn Friend Com-]] We're sorry, citizen. You must be a Commie Mutant Traitor to complain about Friend Computer. Please proceed directly to your nearest available termination booth. Have a nice daycycle.
* The Goddamn Coalition from ''{{Rifts}}''.

** Frankly, nearly every continent has at least one race or state that fits this trope. Sometimes two. Vampires, D-Bee barbarian marauders, Alien invaders, Demonic hordes, and ''[[HumansAreBastards worse]]''.
* PartTimeGods (from ThirdEyeGames) has [[InvisibleJerkass Gods-Damned]] [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Pucks]]. It doesn't help that not only are they one of the only AlwaysChaoticEvil [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Outsider races]] in existence, or that they're [[GadgeteerGenius incredibly]] [[TrapMaster clever]]: It's that they also have the the ability to [[YouWillBeAssimilated absorb Dominions]], meaning that a sufficiently clever group can become a divine pantheon in it's own right.
* ''{{Exalted}}'': Take your pick: [[OhMyGods Sol-damned]] [[TheUndead Deathlords]] and their Sol-damned [[ZombieApocalypse undead legion]]; or Sol-damned [[TheFairFolk Raksha]] and their Sol-damned [[CosmicHorror Wyld horde]]. They are [[{{Mooks}} ready-made adversaries]] for heroic characters, and Holy charms are made specifically to deal with them.
** And if you're an Alchemical, you have to deal with the Autochthon-damned [[FaceHeelTurn Apostates]] and their Autochthon-damned [[AIIsACrapshoot Gremlins]]. And you're fighting a losing war.

** Speaking of the sequel, the Goddamn Nobodies add their machinations to the mess that the heartless started.
** In [[BirthBySleep the prequel]] it's the Goddamn Unversed.
* The Burning Legion and Undead (especially the Scourge) count as this in WorldOfWarcraft. And in the first {{Warcraft}} games it is those [[GoddamnOrks Goddamn Orcs]] that are screwing everything up.
** In ''The Burning Crusade'' it was Goddamn Blood Elves, Nagas, and demons.
** During ''Wrath of the Lich King'' it has been overwhelmingly Goddamn Undead.
** And throughout the entire course of the game, some people feel like it has been [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Goddamn Trolls]] (the original game and every expansion have each featured at least one troll-themed dungeon).
** Goddamn [[EldritchAbomination Old Gods]] and their Goddamn [[ReligionOfEvil Twilight Hammer]]!
** And of course, [[PlayerVersusPlayer Goddamn Alliance and Goddamn Horde]].

** Meanwhile, Aht Urhgan is almost constantly [[IncrediblyLamePun Besieged]] by Goddamn [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Mamool Ja]], Goddamn [[AllTrollsAreDifferent Trolls]], Goddamn [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent Lamiae]] and their Goddamn [[NightOfTheLivingMooks Undead Mooks]]. Yeah, those folks have a real talent for PR.
* ''{{Tsukihime}}'': Goddamn vampires. Except Arcueid.
** Mainly because all the vampires shown except Arc are completely [[AxCrazy fucking insane]] and very deadly. Arc, on the other hand, is a cheerful, [[{{Moe}} huggable]] {{Cloudcuckoolander}}. Unless you're Ciel or have any connection with her at all.
* The Goddamned Noxians inside LeagueOfLegends have a general belief in ChaoticEvil and success by whatever means necessary, causing them to support and aid many clearly bad people to become champions inside the universe, or harm many others which then pisses them off enough to become champions also.
* "I'm not gonna let these [[{{Left4Dead}} Goddamn vampires]] beat me!" - "They're ''zombies'', Francis."

* ''DragonAge'': Goddamn Darkspawn. Also Goddamn Demons. Kirkwall, meanwhile has a problem with the Goddamn Qunari, who while not outright hostile (until the end of Act II) do make plenty of people nervous. Fereldan previously had the Goddamn Orlesians.
** Depending on who you ask, Kirkwall is a case of Goddamn Mages or Goddamn Templars.

* It's supposed to be [[AssassinsCreedII Goddamn Borgia guards]], but in reality it's probably [[DreadfulMusician Goddamn]] [[NoSenseOfPersonalSpace minstrels]]!
* In the old days of EverQuest, most cities had their own personal set of goddamn orks to contend with. Freeport had the Deathfist Orcs, Qeynos and Halas shared the Blackburrow Gnolls, Felwithe and Kelethin shared the Crushbone Orcs. Now that the series is geared towards max level players, the cities don't play much of a role for [=PCs=] anymore.
* In ''{{Rift}}'', it's [[OhMyGods Vigil-damned]] Defiants, [[NayTheist Damned]] Guardians, and of course Damned Invasions.
* The ''{{Fallout}}'' series mostly has [[MoreCriminalsThanTargets Goddamn Raiders]], as well as Goddamn Super Mutants up until ''FalloutNewVegas'', where they are no longer used as random encounter mobs. Throughout the NCR's history, they had the Goddamned Khans, though by ''New Vegas'' they are nearly wiped out.
* Goddamn cyborgs in TheDishwasher. By the time of the game, about the only people that like them are themselves and the people (trying) to use them. About the only sympathetic cyborg we see is [[spoiler:Yuki, the Dishwasher's stepsister.]] And even then, only for a time.
* ''{{Touhou}}'' has the Goddamn Fairies. They seem to have no aim in life other than to wear you down before you face the boss of the current stage. To be fair though, they are nowhere near the nastiness of other examples in this page, it's just [[ChaoticNeutral the thing fairies do]]. Oh, and don't feel bad about shooting them down, they are effectively immortal.

%%Remember: For something to work here it needs to qualify IN A NARRATIVE SENSE. If it's just annoying to fight the it belongs in DemonicSpiders.

* ''MassEffect'' had, in the past, the Goddamn Rachni and the Goddamn Krogan threatening the galaxy's extinction for centuries. Now, it's the Goddamn Geth popping up everywhere, threatening civilization as we know it. In the sequel? Goddamned Collectors.

Related to AlwaysChaoticEvil, ScaryDogmaticAliens, VillainByDefault, {{Aliens and Monsters}}, and TheHeartless. May even be the [[SuperTrope over-trope]] into which they all fit. GoddamnOrks are similar to GoddamnedBats, but while GoddamnedBats is a gameplay trope, GoddamnOrks is a narrative one. GoddamnedBats may annoy the hell out of you when you play a game, but GoddamnOrks are what annoy the hell out of your characters in [[TheVerse the universe]].

GoddamnOrks refers to the ubiquitous AlwaysChaoticEvil creatures that are always messing everything up for everyone in a [[TheVerse setting]], and the hatred towards said creatures held by the good forces who are always having to fight them off. Naturally, this varies by setting, though [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] are among the most common in Fantasy works.