In works of fictions starring many villains, there can be either a main antagonist for each story arc or a Big Bad standing at the top of the hierarchy. In the latter case, however, one (or sometimes more than one) villain even more powerful and influential than the Big Bad himself can be introduced: the aptly-named Bigger Bad, also known as a Greater Scope Villain or Overarching Antagonist. Exceptions aside, the Bigger Bad ultimately has a smaller role than the Big Bad in focus.

However, the Bigger Bad is pretty much the main reason for the circumstances in the story that usually wouldn't be (naturally) possible to occur (pollution, artifact of doom, evil ancient group to which the Big Bad used to belong/is acting as a leader, etc). They can also be the main supply of power for the Big Bad, and sometimes the very motivation for said Big Bad to act villainously. Should the story ultimately end up putting more focus on the Bigger Bad, it may over-cede the current antagonist as the Big Bad. This type of villain often serves as an unseen character or is revealed at the very end of the story.

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Note, DO NOT add this category to the main antagonist of a story, as they should be put as the big bad instead the only way to be a big bad and at the same time be a bigger bad is if the story has multiple arcs or a spin-offs in which in one of the arcs or in one of the stories the villain is big bad and in the other arcs or in the other stories is the bigger bad .

Notable examples of Bigger Bads include:

• Niles from the SMG4 series.
• Glitchtrap from The Special Strike duology.
• Mr. Krabs and Spongebob Squarepants from The Bikini Bottom Horror webcomic.
• Francis and Shadow Meggy from the Sunset Paradise series.
• Magentark Clover from the Inkopolis Chaos trilogy.
• MOTHER / MickMick from the Five Nights at Treasure Island series.
• Michael from the Joy of Creation series.
• Frank from the Rememberence franchise.
• King Koopa from the Toad Strikes Back fangame.
• Bruno Gate and Entity 01 from the Five Nights At Wario's series.
• Khronos from Shocker Adventures
• The Darkness from Morning Star
• The Entity from Needlem0use.
• The First Curse from the Steve Cinematic Universe.
• Adolf Hitler from The New Order: Last Days of Europe.
• DreamXD from the Dream SMP.
• The Developer from Triangle vs. Monkey.

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