villain
Sign in to savethumb|Count Dracula is an example of a villain in classic literature and film. thumb|Theme from Mysterioso Pizzicato, a [[cliché silent movie cue for villainy ]]
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- Etymology
- Classical literature
- Folk and fairy tales
- Russian fairy tales
- Animated villains
- Villainous foil
- Portraying and employing villains in fiction
- Villains in film
- Female villain
- Use of the term "villain" to describe historical figures and real-life people
- Sympathetic villain
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Count Dracula is an example of a villain in classic literature and film. thumb|Theme from Mysterioso Pizzicato, a [[cliché silent movie cue for villainy ]]
A villain (masculine), or villainess (feminine), also bad guy, baddy or baddie (sometimes known as a "black hat"), is a stock character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines such a character as "a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime; scoundrel; or a character in a play, novel, or the like, who constitutes an important evil agency in the plot". The antonym of a villain is a hero.