Big Bad/Examples

Videogames

 * Chaos in Final Fantasy Dissidia and Final Fantasy Theatrhythm. He can also be considered as the Big Bad of the whole Final Fantasy multiverse, controlling all the respective primary antagonist of each game. The Bigger Bad is Shinryu, the one who caused the cycles of war.
 * Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII and it's sequels with Jenova and Professor Hojo as the Bigger Bads.
 * Bhunivelze is the overall Bigger Bad of Final Fantasy XIII and its sequel and the Big Bad of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII: His actions in the past that drives the entire series - particularly his creation of Lindzei, who would go on to destroy Pulse and make the Cocoon fal'cie.
 * Bowser in the Super Mario Bros. franchise.
 * Fawful in the Mario & Luigi series. The Dark Star/Dark Bowser is the Bigger Bad.
 * Captain Syru  in in the Wario series.
 * King Boo in the Luigi's Mansion series.
 * King K. Rool (under various aliases) in the Donkey Kong series.
 * Diablo in the titular videogame series.
 * Frank Fontaine in Bioshock.
 * Junko Enoshima/Monokuma in the Danganrompa franchise.
 * Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik in the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise. The Bigger Bad was debatedly Dark Gaia.
 * Eggman Nega in the Sonic Rush series sharing with his ancestor Doctor Robotnik and the Sonic Rivals series as the sole Big Bad.
 * Ganondorf/Ganon in the Legend of Zelda franchise, with Demise as the Bigger Bad.
 * Dr. Wily in the Mega Man franchise. His actions sometimes transcend to other characters, often antagonists, in the spin-off series.
 * Sigma of the Mega Man X series with Lumine as the Bigger Bad.
 * Dr. Weil of the Mega Man Zero series. The Bigger Bad would be Omega, as Dr. Weil seemingly holds him in far higher regard then himself, calling Omega the God of Destruction.
 * Master Albert of the Mega Man ZX series. With Dr. Wile as the Bigger Bad.
 * Dr. Wily's Battle Network counterpart: Lord Wily in the Mega Man Battle Network series.
 * Nefarious in the Ratchet & Clank series.
 * WIlliam Afton/Springtrap in the  Five Nights at Freddy's series.
 * Count Vlad Tepes Dracula in the Castlevania franchise in the original series.
 * Satan in the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow reboot. Dracula in the reboot has become an anti-hero than a villain even though Dracula was the villain of the Mirror of Fate.
 * Albert Wesker in the Resident Evil franchise, with Ozwell Edward Spencer as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Red Queen in the film adaptations.
 * Dragonlord, the representative Big Bad of the whole Dragon Quest franchise, with Nokturnus acting as the Bigger Bad and leader of the series' villains in Dragon Quest Battle Road Victory.
 * Master Xehanort in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, whose many incarnations serves as the primary antagonist of the game they appear in.
 * King Dedede in the Kirby series, with Dark Matter as the Bigger Bad.
 * Dr. Neo Cortex in Crash Bandicoot, with Uka Uka as the Bigger Bad.
 * Ripto in the classic Spyro series.
 * Malefor of The Legend of Spyro.
 * Kaos in the Skylanders reboot.
 * Yuki Terumi in the BlazBlue series.
 * Ariels in The Guilty Gears Series.
 * Jaquio in Ninja Gaiden.
 * Alma Wade and Genevieve Aristide form a Big Bad Duumvirate in F.E.A.R. with Harlan Wade/The Creep the Bigger Bad.
 * Hades in Kid Icarus, since he caused the events of the series.
 * The A.I. Director from Left for Dead given that he is the spawning of the zombies. Though The Tank is more of this to the survivors.
 * Queen Myrrah in the Gears of War games. The Lambent could be considered as the Bigger Bad.
 * Vladimir Makarov in the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series, with Imran Zakhaev and General Shepherd as the Bigger Bads.
 * Heihachi Mishima and Kazuya Mishima/Devil being the Big Bad Ensemble of Tekken. however Heihachi's impact seems to degrece from Tekken 5 and Kazuya is more of a serious villain. The Bigger Bads being Ogre and Azazel as demonic Final Bosses.
 * Since Soul Edge/Inferno and Soul Calibur/Elysium were proven equally evil, both form a Big Bad Ensemble in the Soul Calibur franchise. Algol, creator of both blades is the Bigger Bad.
 * The Prophet of Truth and the Gravemind in the first Halo trilogy, with the Gravemind also a Bigger Bad.
 * The Didact in the second Halo trilogy.
 * Clockwerk in the Sly Cooper franchise.
 * Zeus in God of War.
 * The God/The Demon/Samael, worshiped by The Order, is the Bigger Bad in the Silent Hill survival horror videogame franchise.
 * Mr. Dark in the Rayman games.
 * Gruntilda in the Banjo & Kazooie games.
 * Andross in Star Fox.
 * Wilfre from Drawn to Life.
 * The Enclave in the Fallout series.
 * Xylan, also known as The Corruptor in the Spore-like video game Darkspore. The Bigger Bad would be considered to be Zrin.
 * Mundus, along with his reboot counterpart of the same name in the Devil May Cry franchise. With Argosax the Chaos as a Bigger Bad.
 * Sargeras in the Warcraft universe's background mythology.
 * The Old Gods (C'thun, Yogg-Saron and N'zoth) for the entire World of Warcraft.
 * Kil'jaeden in The Burning Crusade.
 * The Lich King as Arthas in Wrath of the Lich King.
 * Deathwing in Cataclysm.
 * Garrosh Hellscream in Mists of Pandaria.
 * Archimonde in Warcraft 3: Reign Of Chaos and Warlords of Draenor.
 * Ridley in the Metroid series. With Mother Brain as the former Big Bad, now the Bigger Bad.
 * Metroid Prime/Dark Samus in the Prime Trilogy.
 * Orochi in King of Fighters.
 * Geese Howard in the Fatal Fury series.
 * Sheltem in the classic Might and Magic games.
 * General M. Bison in the Street Fighter series.
 * Shinnok and Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat. The Bigger Bad is the One Being.
 * Natla in the Tomb Raider games.
 * The Combine in the Half Life series, especially the Advisors.
 * GLaDOS in P0RTAL. While Cave Johnson could be considered as the Bigger Bad due to his multiple personalities.
 * Although she only made one appearance, Katherine Marlowe can be considered the Big Bad of the Uncharted franchise.
 * The Harbinger in Mass Effect with the Illusive Man in a Big Bad Ensemble, and the Catalyst and the Leviathans as the Bigger Bads.
 * Juno in the Assasin's Creed series.
 * Iris Sepperin in Rosenkreuzstilette.
 * Scolar Visari in The Killzone Series. However, Stahl seems to be shaping up to be this.
 * Master Hand in Super Smash Bros. Later on, he and Crazy Hand form a Big Bad Duumvirate. Tabuu is the Bigger Bad.
 * Giygas and Porky form a Big Bad Ensemble in Earthbound.
 * Lord Recluse of City of Heroes is not the only evil game-in-town and certainly not the most powerful; But his constant dedication to evil made him the guiding-hand of players that decided to play as villains which made him into the most consistent and competent big name threat and easily cemented him into the game's Big Bad status.
 * Jean Descole in the Professor Layton series, with the Voice of the Azran as the Bigger Bad.
 * In the manga spin-offs, Don Paolo, the primary antagonist fo the first trilogy, is the Big Bad, with Dimitri Allen as the Bigger Bad.
 * A Big Bad Ensemble of Manfred von Karma (with Bansai Ichiyanagi as the Bigger Bad) and Dahlia Hawthorne (with Morgan Fey as the Bigger Bad) in Ace Attorney.
 * In Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the crossover of both series, the Story Teller acts as the Big Bad, with High Inquisitor Darklaw as the Bigger Bad.
 * Superman is the big bad from the Injustice series. The Bigger Bads are Darkseid and Trigon.
 * Tau Volantis Moon and others Brother Moons and the "Church of Unitology" are the Big Bads of the Dead Space series.
 * Victor Donovan in Dead or Alive franchise.
 * Alex Mercer in the Prototype series, being both the anti hero of the first game and antagonist of the second. Interestinly the real Aex Mercer was the Bigger Bad of the first game.
 * Kagan in the Bloodrayne series.
 * Marion Mallon in the Dead Rising franchise. She eventually shares a Big Bad Duumvirate with John Hemlock, who later kills and usurps her.

Novels

 * Sauron, Morgoth's former lieutenant, is the Big Bad of The Lord of the Rings franchise.
 * Morgoth in The Silmarillion, being also the Bigger Bad of the entire Middle Earth universe.
 * Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes stories, especially in the latter adaptation.
 * The Cthulhu Mythos has Nyarlathotep. Azathoth is the Bigger Bad.
 * Randall Flagg in Stephen King's multiverse, with the Crimson King as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Crimson King himself becomes the Big Bad in King's central work The Dark Tower.
 * Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series.
 * Superior Saturday in the The Keys to the Kingdom series, especially in the sixth book. Lord Sunday could be considered the Bigger Bad.
 * However, the Dame Primus is the other real mastermind beneath many schemes besides Saturday, and so she is the hidden Big Bad of the whole series.
 * Esplin 9466 in the original Animorphs, with Crayak as the Bigger Bad.
 * Opal Koboi in the Artemis Fowl series.
 * President Snow in the Hunger Games trilogy. President Alma Coin could be considered the Bigger Bad.
 * The Authority in the His Dark Materials trilogy, with his treacherous lieutenant Metatron as the Bigger Bad.
 * Kronos in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians books, with Gaea as a Bigger Bad.
 * Aro Volturi in the Twilight Saga.
 * Jadis the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia (emphasized in the film adaptations), with the Calormene god Tash as a possible Bigger Bad.
 * Mevolent in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, with the Faceless Ones as the Bigger Bads.
 * The Gaiaphage in the Gone series, though Caine begins as the Big Bad.
 * The Shadow Lord in Deltora Quest.
 * The Nome King in the Wizard of Oz novels and a few adaptations; though it was the Wicked Witch of the West who is the most recognizable evildoer.
 * Slappy in Goosebumps.
 * Xayide in The Neverending Story.

Films

 * Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars.
 * In the Expanded Universe, Darth Nihilus, The Son, Darth Vitiate, and Marka Ragnos are the Bigger Bads.
 * Kylo Ren for the Sequel trilogy with Snoke as the Bigger Bad
 * Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers series with Goldmember as the Bigger Bad.
 * Pinhead in Hellraiser, with Leviathan as the Bigger Bad.
 * Annabelle the Doll for The Conjuring Series.
 * Drayton Sawyer in  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Luda Mae Hewitt in the remake and its prequel. Despite being the most iconic villain in the series, Leatherface takes orders from his senior family members; the Bigger Bad being Grandpa Sawyer.
 * Lord Cutler Beckett in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
 * Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond franchise.
 * There is a Big Bad Ensemble between Viktor and Marcus Corvinus in the Underworld series.
 * John Kramer/Jigsaw in the Saw series, with Mark Hoffman taking over after Kramer's death though Kramer is the Bigger Bad posthumously.
 * John Kreese in The Karate Kid series.
 * King Ghidorah in many of the Godzilla films.
 * Ghostface in the Scream series since the antagonists take on the identity, but Roman Bridger stick out.
 * Ricky Chapman in the Silent Night, Deadly Night films with his brother, Billy Chapman, as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Ginger Snaps Trilogy has a Big Bad Ensemble between the titular Ginger and Ghost.
 * Hans Gruber can be seen as this in the Die Hard films; despite only appearing and dying in the first film, as he is arguably the more memorable villain in the series.
 * OCP in RoboCop.
 * Mary Lou Maloney can be seen as this in the Prom Night movies as she is the most powerful and only recuring antagonist in the series.
 * Loki for the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, with Thanos as the Bigger Bad.

Television

 * The First Evil can be seen as the Big Bad of the entire Buffy-verse, as it is the embodiment of evil itself. However, it was not revealed until very late in the story.
 * The Buffy spinoff Angel has the Senior Partners as the Big Bads.
 * Dark Specter is arguably this for the entire Power Rangers franchise.
 * Rita Repulsa on Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers; the Bigger Bad is considered to be Lord Zedd.
 * Lucifer on Supernatural.
 * Rufus Zeno in the first two seasons of House of Anubis; after Zeno's death, Robert Frobisher-Smythe takes the role. The Bigger Bads would be Senkhara and Ammut.
 * Megan Parker on Drake and Josh.
 * Nevel Papperman on iCarly.
 * The Governor, and later Negan, on The Walking Dead.
 * George Hawk from Big Time Rush, with Atticus Moon as the Bigger Bad.
 * Gorog on Wizards of Waverly Place.
 * Jesse on My Babysitter is a Vampire.
 * Victor Krane on Lab Rats.
 * The Annihilator in Mighty Med.
 * Khan Noonien Singh on Star Trek: The Original Series.
 * Gul Dukat on Deep Space Nine, with the Pah-Wraiths as the Bigger Bads.
 * Borg Queen on Voyager.
 * The Werewolf Syndicite on Big Wolf on Campus.
 * The Vampire Diaries had Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson, as he always directly or indirectly involved in all the storyines. In recent episodes, Silas, being the true original vampire.
 * Dahlia in The Originals.
 * Harry Grout in Poridge.
 * The Cigarette-Smoking Man on The X-Files. The Colonists might be considered a Bigger Bad.
 * A Big Bad ensemble of The Master and the Daleks on Doctor Who, with Davros as the Daleks' Bigger Bad and Rassilon as The Master's Bigger Bad.
 * In the spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures, the Trickster acts as the Big Bad.
 * Abaddon (with The Beast as the Bigger Bad) is the Big Bad on Torchwood.
 * Son Hyuk from ATHENA:Goodness of War.
 * The Source of All Evil on Charmed as it's, as it's name says, where all evil comes from in the series' universe.
 * Red John on The Mentalist.
 * Breaking Bad had Gustavo Fring, but after his death, Jack Welker takes over the role.
 * Gerard Argent arguably qualifies for Teen Wolf, as he is responsible for the motives and origins of the other villains on the show. The Beast of Gevadan being the Bigger Bad of the shows lore.
 * Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones. initially. The role was taken by the Night's King being the greatest threat to Westeros, including the Lannisters.
 * Dian Lamitan on Amaya, with Malandok as the Bigger Bad.
 * Moloch on Sleepy Hollow.
 * CeCe Drake in Pretty Little Liars.

Western Animation

 * Count Dooku in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, with Darth Sidious and The Son as the Bigger Bads.
 * The Shredder in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  series, under variable aspects following the versions but often in a Big Bad Duumvirate with Krang.
 * Slade in Teen Titans, with Trigon as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Light in Young Justice.
 * Atrocitus in the Green Lantern Series.
 * Doctor Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.
 * Likewise, the more sinister version of Dr. Robotnik in the 1993 animated series thought Ixis Naugus who have taken the role had the series not been canceled.
 * Dr. Robotnik  in Sonic Underground.
 * Dr. Eggman in Sonic Boom.
 * Megatron in the Transformers franchise, after his death he is reincarnated/evolved as Galvatron who takes the role. The Bigger Bad would be Unicron, The Fallen and;/or the Quintessons.
 * Scoponok/Lord Zarak forms a Big Bad Ensemble with Galvatron in Headmasters & later with Overlord in Zone.
 * Deathsaurus in Victory.
 * Magmatron in Beast Wars Neo.
 * Steeljaw in Robots in Disguise (2015).
 * Nergal on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy with the Boogey Man serving as the Bigger Bad.
 * Aku on Samurai Jack.
 * Dan from Dan Vs. with Imposter Dan as the Bigger Bad.
 * Mandark on Dexter's Laboratory.
 * Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls. HIM serves as the Bigger Bad.
 * Vilgax in the Ben 10 franchise as a whole. The Bigger Bad would be Diagon, although a rare example of a Bigger Bad defeated by the Big Bad.
 * Professor Pericles on Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated. Fought in the first season, he was in a Big Bad Ensemble with Mayor Jones due to him being the true mastermind behind the plot and later in Season 2, Pericles is in a Big Bad Duumvirate with Mr. E. The Bigger Bad is the Evil Entity.
 * Father on Codename: Kids Next Door. A good example of the Bigger Bad would be Grandfather.
 * The Ice King on Adventure Time, with The Lich as the Bigger Bad. Though, this seems to have flipsided as the Lich is shaping up to be the Big Bad.
 * The Kanker Sisters on Ed, Edd & Eddy, with Eddy's Brother as the Bigger Bad.
 * Van Kleiss on Generator Rex. The Bigger Bad would be Consortium.
 * Di Lung, Katz, and Le Quack from Courage the Cowardly Dog.
 * Miss Censordoll on Morel Orel.
 * Firelord Ozai on Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Bigger Bad would be his ancestor Firelord Sozin since he caused the war.
 * Vaatu In The Legend of Korra, being also the Bigger Bad of the The Last Airbender universe as a whole.
 * Vlad Masters/Vlad Plasmius on Danny Phantom. Pariah Dark is the Bigger Bad.
 * Finbarr Calamitous on Jimmy Neutron.
 * Plankton on Spongebob Squarepants. With the Flying Dutchman as the Bigger Bad.
 * Fairly Odd Parents has a Big Bad Ensemble between Denzel Crocker, Vicky, and Anti-Cosmo.
 * The Almighty Tallests in Invader Zim.
 * Cheif and Lok form a Big Bad Ensemble in Tak and the Power of Juju
 * Rancid Rabbit in CatDog.
 * The Sorcerer on Randy Cunningham.
 * 'Lil Gideon on Gravity Falls. However as the most powerful being, Bill Cipher probably counts as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Huntsman on American Dragon: Jake Long with the Dark Dragon as the Bigger Bad.
 * Heinz Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb, with Aloyse von Roddenstein and Mitch as the Bigger Bads.
 * Kim Possible has a Big Bad Ensemble with Dr. Drakken and Monkey Fist.
 * NegaDuck on Darkwing Duck, with Taurus Bulba as the Bigger Bad.
 * Diesel 10 on Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Misty Island Rescue and Day of the Diesels. Well as Diesel, in Thomas and Friends, Spencer in Hero of the Rails, and George the Steamroller in Steamroller.
 * Chris McLean on the Total Drama series. From the third season forward, Ezekiel can be considered the show's Bigger Bad.
 * The Hacker on Cyberchase. Though, Ledge would be the Bigger Bad.
 * Mr. Burns on The Simpsons.
 * Futurama has a Big Bad Ensemble between Mom and Richard Nixon.
 * Though one of the main characters, Eric Cartman can be established as the Big Bad in South Park, given that he is the most frequent (and often the most dangerous) foil faced by the protagonists. In South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Saddam Hussein is the Big Bad.
 * Even though each season has it's own main villain, Shendu is definitely the Big Bad in Jackie Chan Adventures.
 * Senator Skull in TWF while Bucks Gazillion acts as a Bigger Bad.
 * Family Guy initially has Stewie Griffin, but over time, he became less evil and Carter Pewterschmidt eventually took the role. Ironically, Carter also became more comical and light-hearted when he took the role.
 * No Heart to the Care Bears with the Evil Spirit and Dark Heart, antagonists of the first two films, acting as the Bigger Bads.
 * Grizzle in the updated version.
 * Duke Sigmund Igthorn to the Gummi Bears.
 * Pete is arguably the Big Bad of Mickey Mouse's section of the Disney universe.
 * The Phantom Blot is a strong candidate too, particularly in the comics.
 * The Duck universe has Magical De Spell, Flintheart Glomgold, and Grandpa Beagle.
 * Skeletor in the Masters of the Universe cartoons (and other media as well). Hordak is the Big Bad in Shera, with Horde Prime the Bigger Bad.
 * The Venture Bros has an Big Bad Ensemble of Phantom Limb and the Monarch, but Phantom Limb is more evil and competent. The Sovereign is the Bigger Bad as he is the leader of the Guild of Calamatous Intent.
 * Barry Dylan gradually became this in Archer. Katya Kasanova later takes the role and Barry became a dragon instead.
 * Xiaolin Showdown has a Big Bad Ensemble of Chase Young, Wuya and Hannibal Roy Bean.
 * The sequal has Chase Young as the antagonist with him taking center stage and Wuya is still competing with him.
 * The Overlord on Ninjago.
 * Ed Wuncler, Sr. on The Boondocks with Colonel H. Stinkmeaner as the Bigger Bad.
 * Originally Lord Betrayus in Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, but later revealed to be Apex as he has an even more important part of the plot than Betrayus.
 * Major Nixel in the Mixels franchise.
 * Makuta Teridax is the main Big Bad in the BIONICLE series. Pridak was considered as the Bigger Bad since his involvement of overthrowing the Great Spirit before Teridax do as well as causing the main storyline to occur, thus making him the true villain of the series.

Manga/Anime

 * The God Hand from Berserk are the ringleaders of the Apostles and four of the previous members are responsible for Griffith becoming Femto.
 * The Idea of Evil is the Bigger Bad to the God Hand's Big Bad.
 * Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott is the prime Big Bad in Date A Live series. While he was relatively out of the picture for the first four volumes or so (the entirety of the anime's first season minus his involvement with Mana and Origami's new weapons), once he makes his appearance, it's made clear that he harbours ill intent towards the Spirits, and slowly overrides the story's basic Excuse Plot.
 * Isaac Westcott also is the Bigger Bad in Ars Install. In the second game of the franchise, he has more then a background where he observes the conflict between Marina and Ratatoskr. He created one of the first Irregular of the history, is the reason why Marina tried to destroy Fraxinus, and was almost indirectly responsible for the destruction of Tenguu City. He has his Big Bad post only in the original story.
 * Minerva Liddell in Date A Strike. She began her introduction as a minor character that first appeared in a flashback. However, she has become the biggest threat throughout the spin-off after the scientist Edgar F. Carroll hired her to retrieve the Ashcroft Series units that were stolen by 3 SSS Wizards who were trying to save Artemisia of DEM's claws. Edgar was about to discover that evil is not toy, and that he would regret that he had condemned all the poor lives that were around him. Once she made her appearance in Volume 3, Minerva gradually slowly replaces Excuse Plot of the story. After she had stolen a CR-unit of the Ashcroft-Series, she simply betrayed Edgar after she achieved what she always wanted, and quickly became the true main antagonist of the spin-off.
 * Edgar F. Caroll is the Big Bad to Date A Strike spin-off. His actions took account in the whole spin-off. He left Artemisia in a coma for 3 years for his own purposes. However, on volume 4, was discovered he was Minerva's pawn.
 * Marina Arusu is the main antagonist in Date A Live Ars Install and is considered to the main Big Bad. But she is actually being manipulated by Isaac Westcott.
 * Rinne Sonogami as the Big Bad in the first game of the franchise.
 * Emperor Charles zi Britannia and his son, Prince Schneizel El Britannia form a Big Bad Ensemble in Code Geass.
 * Doctor Eggman and later Dark Oak in Sonic X.
 * Satan in Devilman with God as the Bigger Bad.
 * Frieza in the entire Dragon Ball series since he indirectly caused the events of the series, and the series was to originally ended on Namek after his defeat. His DNA was also used to create Cell. He is also the most recurring villain in the franchise and main villain of most video games later returns in Dragon Ball Super having an increase of power. Beerus could be seen as a Bigger Bad, but he is not a true villain.
 * King Piccolo/Piccolo  would be considered the Big Bad for the classic Dragon Ball series, as he controlled one of the previous major villains and had the most Sagas associated with him.
 * Baby in Dragon Ball GT as his role in the series parallels Frieza's. Syn Shenron is the Bigger Bad.
 * Naraku in Inuyasha.
 * Dio Brando/Diego Brando, the first and foremost villain of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventures manga, who influences the entire plot, even when not in charge or after his definite demise. Kars is the Bigger Bad.
 * Funny Valentine in Part 7:Steel Ball Run. Diego "Dio" Brando was working for him.
 * The Undertaker is shaping up to this in the Black Butler Manga.
 * Angela Blanc and Ash Landers form a Big Bad Duumvirate in the Black Butler Anime.
 * Light Yagami in Death Note, unusually since he's the protagonist, with both Ryuk and the Shingami King as the Bigger Bads.
 * Father in Fullmetal Alchemist.
 * Dante plays the role in the first anime series.
 * Tobi and Madara Uchiha form a Big Bad Duumvirate in the Naruto franchise, Tobi enacting the plan that Madara devised. Kaguya Otsutsuki and her enforcer Zetsu serve as the Bigger Bads and final antagonists.
 * Most likely Marshall D. Teach in One Piece, although currently he is in an Ensemble with Akainu. Which one is the biggest evil of the two has yet to be revealed. The Bigger Bads are the Five Star Elders and Kaido.
 * Gyokuen Ren from Magi as the Big Bad. Ill Ilah as the Bigger Bad.
 * Ragyo Kiryuin in Kill La Kill.
 * Asura can be considered as the Big Bad in Soul Eater, being the most prominent, powerful and dangerous villain of the series.
 * Rinichiro Hagire in Deadman Wonderland.
 * Zeref in Fairy Tail, with Acnologia as the Bigger Bad.
 * Sōsuke Aizen and later Yhwach, who also counts as a Bigger Bad, in the Bleach franchise.
 * Alucard in Rosario+Vampire.
 * The Major in the Hellsing manga and OVA series.
 * Incognito in the anime adaptation.
 * The Black King in Drifters with Easy as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Mage of the Beginning in Negima! Magister Negi Magi.
 * Ruby Eye Shabranigdo for the whole Slayers franchise.
 * Zorc Necrophades, mostly acting through his avatar Ryo Bakura, in Yu Gi Oh!.
 * Nightshroud in the Yu-GiOh! GX anime. Tragoedia in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga.
 * Z-ONE in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds.
 * Creed Diskenth in Black Cat.
 * Vearn in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai. Although equal in power and influence, Velther counts as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Millennium Earl in the D.Gray-man franchise however he is in a Big Bad Ensemble against Nea Walker the 14th who is trying to take over his host Allen the protagonist and the Apocryphos the "Third side of War" as well as a living innocence, so far he's losing ground to both of them.
 * Bernkastel and Lambdadelta form a Big Bad Ensemble in Umineko, restarting time in every game and playing Beatrice (who seemed at first to be the Big Bad). Featherine Augustus Aurora is the true Bigger Bad.
 * Miyo Takano in Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni and Kai. Though, Tokyo and Nomura would be the Bigger Bads.
 * Brian J. Mason throughout the entire Bubblegum Crisis series, with Quincy as the Bigger Bad in the first series and Galatea as the Bigger Bad in the 2040 series.
 * The closest thing Puella Magi Madoka Magica has to a Big Bad is Kyubey, who hides facts from the Magical Girls and does not care about mankind.
 * Roa/SHIKI in Tsukihime.
 * The Night of Wallachia, then White Len, in Melty Blood. It has taken over by the Dust of Osiris in Actress Again.
 * Kotomine and Gilgamesh in Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Zero.
 * In Heaven's Feel, the Big Bad is Zouken Matou, although both Kotomine and Dark Sakura could also be seen as this.
 * Souren Araya in Kara no Kyoukai. Notably, he was confronted about halfway through the series and never heard from again.
 * Myotismon in Digimon Adventure and its continuation Digimon Adventure 02. Apocalymon counts as the Bigger Bad in Digimon Adventure.
 * D-Reaper in Digimon Tamers.
 * Lucemon in Digimon Frontier.
 * Akihiro Kurata in Digimon Data Squad.
 * Quartzmon in Digimon Fusion.
 * Moo in Monster Rancher.
 * The Swamp Witch in the Queen's Blade series.
 * The Beast Titan is shaping up to be this for Attack on Titan.
 * King Dedede in Kirby: Right Back At Ya! sends monsters after Kirby in nearly every episode. The evil entity whom he buys the monsters from, Nightmare/Lord Nightmare, is the Bigger Bad.
 * The Pretty Cure series, as it spanned for various iterations, have a lot of these:
 * The Dark King of the Dusk Zone in Futari wa Pretty Cure and its sequel Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart.
 * Go Hojo in Initial D. He was using other teams throughout Kanto (from the Myogi NightKids to Sidewinder; excluding the Akagi RedSuns, Akina SpeedStars, Impact Blue, Kyoko Iwase of the Northern Saitama Alliance, or Shinji Inui; but also including the Imposter Project D and his own older brother Rin) to defeat Project D, Takumi Fujiwara, or Keisuke or Ryosuke Takahashi in a race, all of whom are defeated by the likes of Project D.
 * Director Kakuzawa in Elfen Lied,.
 * Tomura Shigaraki in My Hero Academia.
 * Sato Matsuzaka in Happy Sugar Life.

DC

 * Darkseid to the entire DC universe The Bigger Bads being Herga, the Great Evil Beast, Empty Hand, and Yuga Khan.
 * Lex Luthor, General Zod, and Brainiac in Superman with Black Zero as the bigger bad.
 * Alexander Luthor, Jr. in Infinte Crisis.
 * Mongul in the Man who has everything and other bronze age arcs.
 * The Joker and Ra's Al Ghul in Batman.
 * Derek Powers in Batman Beyond.
 * Barbatos in Dark Nights Metal.
 * The Batman who Laughs in the titular mini-series.
 * Ares and Circe in Wonder Woman.
 * Doctor Sivana and Mister Mind in Shazam.
 * Morgan Le Fey in the Trinity series and Etrigan the Demon.
 * Deathstroke and Trigon in The Teen Titans.
 * Black Manta and Ocean Master in Aquaman.
 * Tobias Whale in Black Lightning.
 * Sinestro in Green Lantern.
 * Krona in War on the Lanterns.
 * Anti-Moniter in Crisis on Infinite Earths.
 * Nekron in Blackest Night.
 * Volthoom in The Rise of the Third Army and first Lantern Crossover.
 * Relic in The Anonamly and Lights-out.
 * Atrocitus in Rage of the Red Lanterns.
 * Vandal Savage in Justice League.
 * Ozymandias in Watchmen.
 * The Emerald Empress in Legion of Superheroes.
 * Professor Zoom, Gorilla Grodd, and Captain Cold in Flash.
 * The Brain in Doom Patrol.
 * General Wade Eiling in Captain Atom.
 * Merlyn the Archer  in Green Arrow.
 * Richard Dragon in the Jeff Lemire/Andrea Sorrentino run on the Green Arrow comic series.
 * Anton Arcane in Swamp Thing.
 * Holocaust in Static.
 * The First of the Fallen in Hellblazer.
 * Chronos in The Atom.

Marvel

 * Thanos to the entire Marvel universe, the Bigger Bads being The One Below All, Lady Death and Oblivion.
 * Norman Osborn/Green Goblin and Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man.With Knull as the bigger bad.
 * Morlun in Spder-verse and Spider-Geddon with Solus as the bigger bad.
 * Tyler Stone in Spider-Man 2099.
 * Magneto and Apocalypse to the X-Men.
 * Mister Sinister in a couple of arcs of X-Men.
 * Vulcan in War on the Kings.
 * Romulus to Wolverine.
 * Bastion in Messiah Complex and Second Coming.
 * Stryfe in X-Force,Messiah War,Vendetta,and X-cution Song.
 * Cameron Hodge in X-factor and Phalaix convenient.
 * Mad Jim Jaspers in Excalibur.
 * Black Box in Deadpool.
 * Seline in New Mutants and Nekrosha.
 * Red Skull in Captain America.
 * Loki to Thor with Surtur as the Bigger Bad.
 * Gorr the God Butcher in the 2016 god of Thunder series,
 * The Mandarin, Justin Hammer, and Ezekel Stane to Iron Man.
 * The Leader to Hulk.
 * Mephisto in Ghost Rider.
 * Maximus in the Inhumans.
 * Kingpin in Daredevil.
 * The Beast of the Hand in Shadowland.
 * Doctor Doom in Fantastic Four with Galactus and Abraxas as the Bigger Bads.
 * Annnihilus in Annihilation and the Thanos Trilogy.
 * Dormammu in Doctor Strange with Chthon and Shuma Gorath as the Bigger Bads.
 * Ultron in Avengers.
 * Kang the Conqueror in The Celestial Madonna Saga, The Last Avengers Story, The Crossing and The Kang War.
 * Baron Zemo and Baron Zemo II when leading the Masters of Evil in a couple of arcs.
 * Morgan Le Fay to Spider-Woman.
 * Supreame Intelligence to Captain Marvel
 * Klaw and Erik Killmonger in Black Panther.
 * Jigsaw in Punisher.
 * Beyonder in Secret Wars.
 * Attuma in Namor. With Set as the Bigger Bad.
 * Grant Ward in Shield series.
 * Amatsu-Mikaboshi in Hercules and Ares in the last series.
 * Empress Veranke in Secret invasion.
 * Herr Kessler in The Ultimates.
 * Geoffery Wilder in Runaways.
 * The High Evolutionary in the Evolutionary War and the Spider-Man: Unlimited series.

Other

 * Malebolgia, Mammon, and Satan in Spawn.
 * Ogdru-Jahad in the Hellboy series.
 * Toyo Harada in Valiant Comics.
 * Shredder in The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
 * Thragg in Invincble.
 * Kenneth Irons in Witchblade.
 * The Angelus in The Darkness.
 * Mr. Gone in The Maxx.
 * Overlord, Cyberface, and Damien Darklord in Savage Dragon.
 * Lord Hikiji in Usagi Yojimbo.
 * The Governor, Negan, and Alpha in The Walking Dead.
 * Noah Adam Mahn to the Extinctioners.
 * Judge Death to Judge Dredd.
 * Chaos and Dracula in Vampirella.
 * The Octopus in The Spirit.
 * God In Preacher.
 * The Countess in Chasaty: Theater in Pain.
 * Lucifer in Chaos Comics.
 * Gideon Graves in the Scott Pilgrim series.
 * Lu-sho from Foldabots.
 * Chef Piggy in Cooking with Chef Piggy.
 * The Hooded in the graphic novels Bone, both its prequels and sequels.
 * Dr. Eggman/Dr. Ivo Robotinik/Robotink Prime in the Sonic comics.
 * Dimitri, the original Enerjak, orginally in the Knuckles spin-off series.
 * Doctor Finitevus in Enerjak Reborn and Bigger Bad to Dmitri.

European Comics

 * Rastapopoulos in The Adventures of Tintin.
 * Julius Caesar to Asterix.
 * Darkhell in Les Légendaires (The Legendaries), with Anathos as the Bigger Bad.

Internet

 * Nazo in the Sonic: Nazo series.
 * Count Vile in the Press Start movies and YouTube videos.
 * Xykon in the Order of the Stick webcomic.
 * Slender Man for Creepypasta with Zalgo as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Scarlet King in SCP Foundation.
 * Drip Tiberius Rat in Jack, with Satan as the Bigger Bad.
 * Destioss in Positoss, with The Shadow as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Auditor in Madness Combat.
 * HABIT in EverymanHybrid, with the Slender Man as the Bigger Bad.
 * Patrick Andersen in MLandersen0, with the Slender Man as the Bigger Bad.
 * Alex Kralie in MarbleHornets, with the Operator as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Observer in TribeTwelve, with the Slender Man as the Bigger Bad.
 * The Devil in the webcomic Sinfest.
 * Count Sigeeyai on the Fellow in the Coat website.
 * Malcom Hargrove in Red Vs Blue.
 * Lilita Morgan in Carmilla: The Series.
 * Cinder Fall in RWBY.
 * Lord English/Caliborn in Homestuck.

Religion and Mythology

 * The Devil in the Bible and the Christian religion in general.
 * Iblis in the Muslim religion.
 * Cronus in Greek/Roman mythology. The Bigger Bad would be Typhon or Gaia.
 * Loki was originally a trickster god. But as time went on, he was eventually regarded as the Big Bad of Norse mythology, responsible of the apocalyptic battle of Ragnarok. The Bigger Bad would be Niohoggr.
 * Apep/Apophis in the original Egyptian mythology. As time went on, as more and more invaders came from the desert, the desert god Set took his place as the Big Bad of Egyptian religion.
 * Izanami no Mikoto in Japanese mythology with Amatsu-Mikabushi as the Bigger Bad.