Take Over the World: Difference between revisions

* This is the goal of all of the evil organizations in [[Hajimete no Aku]]. Their methods and reasons are generally more benign than most of the other examples on this page.

* In ''[[Read or Die]]'', the British Library apparently wants to take control of the world's information networks, so they can get the world to doublethink itself into believing that they ''already'' rule the world.

* The Evil Organization Florsheim from ''[[Tentai Senshi Sunred]]'' has this as their objective B. It will follow objective A; the defeat of their mortal enemy Sunred. So far, they're stuck at objective A. [[Harmless Villain|And probably will be for some time]].

* This is the goal of Rider, aka [[Alexander the Great]], in ''[[Fate/Zero]]''. Which is to be expected, given that it was his goal in [[Real Life]]. An unusual case in that he is a hero rather than a villain.

* Poseidon in ''[[Saint Seiya]]''. Cue his [[Enemy Mine|one-time help]] against Hades, who wants to destroy the world.

 

== Comic Books ==

'''Super-Adaptoid:''' I... I had not yet considered that. }}

* "Rule the world" is the key phrase that Piffany taught Yeagar to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys in ''[[Nodwick]]''.

 

== Fan Works ==

* This is the ultimate goal of [[Mad Scientist|Dr.]] [[Stupid Evil|Brainstorm]] in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series]]''.

 

== Film ==

* Clu in ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' wants to escape from the Grid into [[Real Life]] and bring his army with him. How he plans to take over the world with a few thousand troops and no real weapons (or, at least, something that would work in the real world) is never explained, although some fans claim he can program more troops once outside. One thing's for sure though, if Clu escapes he will stop at nothing to make our world open and available to all of them. [[Memetic Mutation|Yes!]] '''[[Memetic Mutation|TO ALL OF THEM!!!!!]]'''

* Drax's [[Evil Plan]] in ''[[Moonraker]]'' is to wipe out humanity and replace it with a "master race" under his rule.

 

== Literature ==

* In ''[[Petaybee|Powers That Be]]'' the [[Big Bad]] corporation, Intergal, wants to take over the planet of Petaybee because it terraformed it in the first place and has only just realized that it might be more profitable to mine it than to allow settlers to live there.

* {{spoiler|Petyr Baelish}}'s goal at this point in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' seems to be "control as much of Westeros as possible". Given that this is {{spoiler|''Littlefinger''}} we're talking about here, he may have a bigger ultimate goal, a smaller ultimate goal, or no goal at all.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* Unsurprisingly, this is Hitler's goal in ''[[Danger 5]]''. He is also depicted as being in charge of Benito Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito - the show being a parody of pulp and exploitation fiction, he's pretty similar to the stereotypical megalomaniacal supervillain.

* Tons of Showa era ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' villains had this as this as their plan. Not so much in the Heisei era, where the villains plans are usually more complex. The only villains whose end goal plan is conquering the world is Smart Brain from ''[[Kamen Rider Faiz]]'', whose plan entails a [[Zombie Apocalypse]].

 

== Tabletop Games ==

'Cause it was labeled 'Secret Plans for World Domination.' }}

 

* Gary from ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''. His goal is ostensibly to "take over the school", but nobody seems to have figured out what that actually means, least of all Gary.

{{quote|'''Gary:'''"I keep imagining myself in charge of a large empire."}}

* [[Big Bad|Bruno]] from ''[[Solatorobo]]'' plans on reawakening and controlling an evil power to take over the world.

 

* ''[[MAG-ISA]]''—The main antagonists in this comic are demons. [http://mag-isa.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/119592 Their agenda is to bring hell on earth and turn planet earth into a giant prison]... all for the lulz.

* Tony of ''[[Real Life Comics]]'', being the [[Mad Scientist]] that he is, does [https://web.archive.org/web/20130525043113/http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/020104.html set out] to accomplish this goal for one story like because, according to him, [[Card-Carrying Villain|that's what evil people are supposed to do.]] He manages to succeed in the end, even defeating a challenger to his reign, but relents when he starts to discover just how much work is involved.

* Raichan in ''[[Vinigortonio]]'' needs to destroy one of the main character's building in order to conquer the world. Or at least so he says. {{spoiler|It turns out he needs to destroy it to get to the only known source of [[Unobtainium Raichanium]].}}

 

{{quote|'''Dr. Horrible:''' (re: Johnny Snow, his self-proclaimed "nemesis") "Look, I'm just trying to change the world, ''okay''? I don't have time for a ''grudge match'' with every ''poser'' in a parka!"

"The world is a ''mess'', and I just need to rule it!" }}

* The basic goal of the ''[[New Villain Order]]''

* Every [[Big Bad]] in ''[[The Questport Chronicles]]'' has this as a motivation, although for three different reasons: [[Casting a Shadow|The Master of Darkness]] wants to [[Dark World|cover the entire world with darkness]]; the [[Eldritch Abomination|Prince of Shadows and Illusions]] just [[Omnicidal Maniac|wants to kill everyone]]. The [[No Name Given|mysterious]] [[Evil Sorcerer|mage]]'s motivations are never made clear.

{{quote|203. "To conquer the earth with [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|an army of flying monkeys]]" is a bad long term goal to give the re-enlistment NCO.}}

 

* ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'': Skeletor was always trying to take over Greyskull, and with that, the universe.

* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'' actually opens with Aku taking over the world. The entire thrust of the series was Jack trying to go back in time to [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|stop it from happening.]]

* Dolf in ''[[Alfred J Kwak]]''. Because of an innate fear of [[Pride|being perceived as weak by others]], when he's still a child Dolf decides that one day he will simply rule over everyone and everything. Moreover, when he stages his coup he outright declares that he simply wants power for its own sake. A dream he has in the final episode reveals that despite many years having passed he still harbours this desire.

 

* If you count humanity as one deeply fractionated empire then we've already achieved this. [[Galactic Conqueror|But as we all know, one world is not enough.]]

* The person in real life who set the record for most land conquered was Temujin, better known by his title Genghis Khan (even more, if you also count the conquests of his sons). He even invoked this goal when choosing that title, which roughly means "Oceanic ruler".

 

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