Category:Successful

Villains who win against the hero and/or are successful in their ultimate goals. They are, usually, the opposite of Incompetent villains (who do not succeed in anything), though some Incompetent villains CAN still be successful either with a huge stroke of luck, with the help of much more competent evildoers, or by learning from their own mistakes to become better. However, when an incompetent villain become successful due to becoming better, he/she can no longer be considered as such.

It should be noted that, for some, the goal was not to kill the main protagonist. Notably, Successful villains are very common in many modern-day horror movies, as well as some tragic fictional works in which many of these villains succeeded in killing the protagonist in the end.

In many works, a Successful villain can be a Protagonist since protagonists are known for winning in the end.

Though these two categories often overlap, this is not to be confused with Karma Houdinis, as these villains, despite their success, can still be defeated later, usually at the end of the story if their success occurred at the beginning or middle of it, or in a sequel since some villain victories open the doors for sequels, and conversely, they cannot be ever defeated despite their failure.

Also, sometimes these villains finally succeed in their goals, but not the way they expected or they didn't get to enjoy it.