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That sure helps, but a Complete Monster doesn't need to be That One Boss to have a satisfying defeat for the player
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* CatharsisFactor: As Complete Monsters are meant to inspire loathing from both the characters and the audience, any defeat or even death becomes immensely satisfying, particularly if it's in a humiliating manner. This can be in the form of a Monster seeing all their plans go up in smoke, their ideology being proven completely wrong, or both. For video game [=CMs=], if they are ThatOneBoss, the player gets the satisfaction of handing their asses to them personally.
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* CatharsisFactor: CatharsisFactor[=/=]StressRelievingGameplay: As Complete Monsters are meant to inspire loathing from both the characters and the audience, any defeat or even death becomes immensely satisfying, particularly if it's in a humiliating manner. This can be in the form of a Monster seeing all their plans go up in smoke, their ideology being proven completely wrong, or both. For video game [=CMs=], if they are ThatOneBoss, the player gets the satisfaction of handing their asses to them personally.personally--which can be even more cathartic if they are also ThatOneBoss.
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* ThatOneBoss: For video game examples, giving a Complete Monster a brutally difficult boss battle is a great way to demonstrate their sheer cruelty and ruthlessness, give the player as much anguish as the Complete Monster's in-universe victims, and make the CM's defeat at the player's hands [[CatharsisFactor all the more satisfying]] and personal.
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* ThatOneBoss: For video game examples, giving a Complete Monster a brutally difficult boss battle is a great way to demonstrate their sheer cruelty and ruthlessness, give the player as much anguish as the Complete Monster's in-universe victims, and make the CM's defeat at the player's hands [[CatharsisFactor [[StressRelievingGameplay all the more satisfying]] and personal.
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* TheStarscream: This is just like the BadBoss trope but with underlings instead of leaders. Betraying a leader to usurp them in power and villainy is a very heinous thing to do. While [[TheMole a mole]] secretly working for an opposing force has outside loyalties that make their betrayal at the very least understandable, the Starscream is loyal only to themselves, and wants nothing more than to steal power for their own nefarious gains. Sometimes the non-power taking intentions of these characters surpass even their leaders in heinousness, making their rise to power even more dangerous.
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* TheStarscream: This is just like the BadBoss trope but with underlings instead of leaders. Betraying a leader to usurp them in power and villainy is a very heinous thing to do. While [[TheMole a mole]] secretly working for an opposing force has outside loyalties that make their betrayal at the very least understandable, the Starscream is loyal only to themselves, and wants nothing more than to steal power for their own nefarious gains. Sometimes the non-power taking intentions of these characters surpass even their leaders in heinousness, making their rise to power even more dangerous. Bonus points if the leader that they are overthrowing is a more sympathetic AntiVillain.
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* TakeOverTheWorld[=/=]GalacticConqueror[=/=]MultiversalConqueror: Worldwide/galactic/interdimensional enslavement and conquest is a common motive for large-scale [=CMs=] who will crush everyone in their way so they can have the world under their heel, and characters who attempt world-scale takeovers are rarely considered sympathetic. However, regardless of scope, conquest ''per se'' cannot be relied on to pass the heinous standard, especially if it relies too much on FridgeHorror to do so.
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* TakeOverTheWorld[=/=]GalacticConqueror[=/=]MultiversalConqueror: Worldwide/galactic/interdimensional enslavement and conquest is a common motive for large-scale [=CMs=] who will crush everyone in their way so they can have the world under their heel, and characters who attempt world-scale takeovers are rarely considered sympathetic. However, regardless of scope, conquest ''per se'' cannot be relied on to pass the heinous standard, especially if it relies too much on FridgeHorror as virtually any villain with the resources to do so.so could potentially be more heinous on a large scale with baseline-passing crimes like mass murder, rape, or torture.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and having a villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. They can either [[BelievingTheirOwnLies be unaware of their self contradictions because of their inflated ego]] or, even worse, not really support said ideals at all. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one While there a lot of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and characters that may come up as hypocrites in certain cases, having a an incredibly vile villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. They can either [[BelievingTheirOwnLies be unaware of their self contradictions because of their inflated ego]] or, even worse, not really support said ideals at all. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and having a villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and having a villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. They can either [[BelievingTheirOwnLies be unaware of their self contradictions because of their inflated ego]] or, even worse, not really support said ideals at all. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: If the story's setting applies the IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim moral, a Complete Monster might force the heroes into situations where they will have to choose between killing them or suffer from worse consequences, thus so that they can get all of the CM's reputation and guilt for themselves. It can also be used as a ThanatosGambit, where the Complete Monster has no issues with dying if it benefits their plans in a long term.
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* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: If the story's setting applies the IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim moral, a Complete Monster might force the heroes into situations where they will have to choose between killing them or suffer from worse consequences, thus so that they can get all of the CM's reputation and guilt for themselves. It can also be used as a ThanatosGambit, where the Complete Monster has no issues with dying if it benefits their plans in a the long term.term, with the heroes forced to clean up the mess left behind.
