Villains who are either not evil in their original source material or are far more evil than their original versions.

Sometimes, they do not redeem themselves in the adaptation, like Villain Deku; while sometimes they may redeem themselves to get close to what they are in the source material.

However, some of them can be adapted as Complete Monsters if they are devoid of any good qualities from their original source materials/original versions (e. g. Turbo Mecha Sonic, TBBH's SpongeBob SquarePants and TheGamerLoser's Selvaria Bles).

Also note that not only does this apply to fiction; it can also apply to myths and legends like most versions of Hades who have been depicted as more evil than his original version. They might also lack the freudian excuse they had in another version.

Their opposites are Adaptational Heroes.

Notes[]

• Do not include real life people for they are only included in fictionalized versions of true events, unless the real life person is a villainous parody of an original adaptation for instance.
• Do not also add this category to a remake or reboot villain who was already a Complete Monster in the precedent work, even if they are more heinous in the current work (e.g. original Nekrozoth and LOTCU Nekrozoth).
• Do NOT add pages that contain more than one version of the character with one being the originally less evil version (e.g. Freddy Krueger). Such pages would fall under "Type Dependent on Version". Only add this category to a page that consists of only the newer, more evil version of the character.