From Nobody to Nightmare is a popular scenario involving a character, a ordinary good guy who was either harmless/helpless, looked down upon, his/her existence was ignored, and worse, considered as an outcast or an individual that often being abused by other people that dislikes/hate them, either the Big Bad or minor yet crucial antagonists/villains in the story where they were featured at. Every abuse and misfortune the character endured holds a role in their character development, but in stark contrast of From Zero to Hero cases, said development takes a negative turn which lead to his/her growth into a villain, often the terrifying ones. Their opposites are characters who started off as normal citizen's and later became heroes.
Examples include Niles, Gray, Trollge, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Greg Heffley.
In addition of whether the future villain will eventually give in to the growing bitterness in his/her heart, there are external factors which contributed to this kind of character development:
- Protagonist/other good guys tragic mistake or other well-intentioned but disastrous acts that resulting in them depressed and pushed to the dark side.
- A result of the Big Bad or other villain's evil acts that intended to either merely ruined their innocence; rewarding the character with violence and cruelty out of prejudice/fear/jealousy sheer hatred; or more complex instance corrupted so he/she become their servant/disposable pawns.
- Feels dissatisfied with current life/status but chooses to go for the dark path to improve it.
- Becoming more and more villainous than he/she previously was.
In either way, once this character descended into villainy, he/she would prove him/herself as one of the world's most terrifying villains ever seen. Befitting to this Origin Story route, his/her Rising to Power would be particularly terrifying for the audience as he/she unleashes her rage upon the world that has wronged him/her, often at the most catastrophic level possible as demonstrated by the titular character from Stephen King's Carrie.
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- Caillou (The Tyler Green Show)
- Calamitas
- Cambiocephalus
- Cami
- Carlis (GoAnimate)
- Carlo Luciano
- Chacron (Chao Forever)
- Charles Manson (Dark Fantasy)
- Chef Cochon
- Chef Saltbaker (RecD)
- Chester Bundy
- Chris McLean (Despair Island)
- Circus baby(Schlouden06)
- Cousin Millie
- Cursed Homer Simpson (Aaron Fraser-Nash)
- Dabi (Tabbykitth's Tabbyverse)
- Dankton
- Danno (CamiloG Animations)
- Danyell Radcliff
- Dark Lord Mark McGrath
- Dark Spamton
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- Dmitry Yazov (The New Order: Last Days of Europe)
- Doma (Ice Flower)
- Doma (Sunverse)
- Domina
- Doom
- Dora Marquez (GoAnimate)
- Dr. Frankenfreak
- Dr. Kulik
- Dr. Octobot
- Duck (Analog Horror)
- Duncan (Total Drama YTP: Duncan Murders Chris)
- Duolingo (CG5)
- Galactus (Dark Avengers)
- Garvey Write
- Generic Dark Lord
- Giegue (Mother: Cognitive Dissonance)
- Gigan (Godzilla Jr: The Return of King Ghidorah)
- Giygas (BUZZBOUND)
- Godzilla (Suitmation Trials)
- Godzilla.EXE (MUGENWarrior)
- Golden Freddy(Schlouden06)
- Goofy (Brock Baker)
- Gray (GameToons)
- Gray (VS Impostor)
- Greg Heffley (Diary of a Nice Guy)
- Greg Heffley (Greg Becomes A Orphan)
- Griffith (Anton Kabanen)
- Gutrum Vagner (The New Order: Last Days of Europe)
- Lazar Kaganovich (The New Order: Last Days of Europe)
- Legion (Blueballs Incident)
- Lewis Dodgson (Alberica Ball)
- Lieutenant Obsidian
- Lila Rossi (Uncertain Future)
- Lliam Kyong
- Lola McArthur
- Lord Recluse (Armored Studios)
- Lord Viribus
- Lord Voldemort (A Very Potter Musical)
- Lord X (Phantom Attack)
- Luigi (Luigi's Lament)
- Luiz (Utopia)
- Lygone
- Malroc
- Malum Darkstein
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- Manny Heffley (Evil Never Dies)
- Mari (False Heaven)
- Mari (What She Did)
- Marvin (SML: Breaking Bad)
- Masato Kusaka (Worm Invasion)
- Megatron (Schlouden06)
- Mewtwo (Nightmare Invasion)
- Mickey Mouse (To Kill A Stitch)
- Mitsuki Bakugo (Joe's Cosmic Saga)
- Molecule Man (Marvel Fanfilm Universe)
- Monster-G
- Morlun (Marvel Fanfilm Universe)
- Mr. Hill
- Mr. Nigels
- Murakumo Zero (TheGamerLover)
- MustacheSwagPGN
- Sarah Henderson (original)
- Satan (Super Vadimka)
- Satoru Gojo (Mista Cassla)
- Scar (Art Beat: The Lion King Jr.)
- Scarlet Spiker
- Seek (GameToons)
- Sergey Taboritsky (The New Order: Last Days of Europe)
- Shadow Ahriman
- Shauna Krawly
- Shinku Chikara
- Shuma Gora (Marvel Fanfilm Universe)
- Siley
- Silver Banshee (DC Fanfilm Universe)