Daddy's Little Villain



"Maggie: But You can't be my father. Freddy Krueger: They took you away from me, but I make them pay by taking away their children and NOW....That's over. [evil chuckles]"

- Maggie realize that she's the daughter of Freddy Krueger in Freddy's Dead

Even the main protagonist or supporting characters like heroines or villainess can be the daughter/niece/granddaughter/etc of an Evil Overlord who shares her parent's ambition, cunning, and/or cruelty. She could be anything from a simple Spoiled Brat to an Overlord in waiting. She's also likely to be a Princess (but almost never wears pink).

Viewers should neither expect her to be The Ingenue nor expect a Heel–Face Turn from her even if she falls for the hero. That would more be her just wanting him for herself than willingly joining his side; she'll want him to willingly join her side (and his refusal is likely to inspire Woman Scorned, however little reason she had to believe that he might accept).

She might team up with the heroes, but only for the same reason any other dragon would team up with them. Then it's enemies again.

If her father is defeated, she will be the one doing the avenging. On the other hand, she might get impatient waiting for Mommy and Daddy to die so she can take their place.

In this case, she might decide to become a orphan. In the meantime, mom and/or dad may give her a first rate education by sending her to the Academy of Evil.

Examples

 * Sky High: Gwen was raised by Stitches to be evil, and she absolutely hates whenever someone, including Stitches himself, points this out. Also a rare instance of the "little villain" rather than the "daddy" being the dominant partner. Although she was already evil to begin with.
 * The Dark Knight Rises. Bane with Talia Al Ghul AKA Miranda Tate who wants to finish her Dad's Evil Plan because he was killed in the first movie.
 * In The Smurfs 2, Smurfette is played up as this to her "father" Gargamel before her Heel–Face Turn, along with her "sister" Vexy, though to a lesser extent.
 * Freddy Krueger want his daughter Kathrine aka Maggie to join him again as a family which Maggie refuse and kill him with a dynamite in Freddy's Dead. In the comic, Freddy finally turn his daughter into evil which he's so proud of her after seeing that she kills and betrayed her friends
 * Red Skull's daughter in Captain America (1990) has a prominent role as her father's henchwoman, assasin and right hand.

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