| rdfs:comment | - The human villains in David Eddings' The Elenium present an interesting example
* Big Bad Wannabe: Primate Annias. He really thinks he's in charge. He's not.
* Dragon-in-Chief: Martel. Ex-Pandion Knight turned mercenary, Evil Counterpart to The Hero, and the one who's really holding all the cards.
* The Brute: Adus. Dumb, violent, and unhygenic, cuts through his own men to get to Kalten.
* The Evil Genius: Krager, Martel's spy, and the only one to survive, due to his selling valuable information to the heroes. Martel's no slouch either in the brains department.
* The Dark Chick: Princess Arissa.
* The Load: Prince Lycheas.
* Many of the above characters double as members of another Five-Bad Band, involving the series' Big Bad and the Zemochs.
* The Big Bad:
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| abstract | - The human villains in David Eddings' The Elenium present an interesting example
* Big Bad Wannabe: Primate Annias. He really thinks he's in charge. He's not.
* Dragon-in-Chief: Martel. Ex-Pandion Knight turned mercenary, Evil Counterpart to The Hero, and the one who's really holding all the cards.
* The Brute: Adus. Dumb, violent, and unhygenic, cuts through his own men to get to Kalten.
* The Evil Genius: Krager, Martel's spy, and the only one to survive, due to his selling valuable information to the heroes. Martel's no slouch either in the brains department.
* The Dark Chick: Princess Arissa.
* The Load: Prince Lycheas.
* Many of the above characters double as members of another Five-Bad Band, involving the series' Big Bad and the Zemochs.
* The Big Bad: Azash. At the end of the day, he's more or less Satan.
* Co-Dragons: Martel and Emperor Otha. Yeah, Martel still manages to be Dragon-in-Chief to the Devil. It doesn't hurt that Otha's very stupid, and that Azash doesn't understand human beings at all.
* The Brute: Adus again.
* The Evil Genius: Annias. Azash's mole in the Elene Church.
* The Dark Chick: Arissa and Lycheas. The villains in David Eddings' The Tamuli
* The Big Bad: Klael.
* The Dragon: Cyrgon.
* The Giant Mooks: Klael's alien army.
* The Evil Genius: Zalasta
* The Dark Chick: Sabre, Scarpi and the other various "revolutionaries."
* And in The Belgariad by David and Leigh Eddings, one can kind of see this developing.
* Big Bad - Kal Torak
* The Dragon - Ctuchik
* Evil Genius - Zedar
* The Brute - Taur Urgas
* Dark Chick - Torak always kept this spot open for Polgara
* Team Pet - The actual dragon
* Sword of Truth, House of Rahl(Wizard's First Rule)
* Big Bad / Evil Genius - Darken Rahl
* The Dragon - Demmin Nass
* The Brute - Ranssyn Fane
* Dark Chick - Denna
* Team Pet - Scarlet
* Sword of Truth, Sisters of the Dark AKA The Viper
* Big Bad - Sister Ulicia(undisputed leader, probably the most powerful)
* The Dragon - Sister Armina(closest to Ulicia's age, her right hand, last one to die before Ulicia)
* Evil Genius - Sister Tovi, Sister Cecilia(least attractive but the primary schemers after Ulicia)
* The Brute - Sister Merissa, Sister Liliana(cruelest and most impulsive by far)
* Dark Chick / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Sister Nicci(wildly different motives and outlook, considered "different" by the others, ultimately betrays them)
* Sword of Truth, Imperial Order
* Big Bad - Emperor Jagang
* The Dragon - Nicci
* Evil Genius - Brother Narev(spiritual leader) or Sebastian(strategist)
* The Brute - Kadar Kardeef, Karg
* Dark Chick - Six
* Team Pet - Gregory
* Sixth Ranger - Nicholas the Slide
* Sword of Truth, Forces of the Underworld
* Big Bad - The Keeper
* The Dragon - Darken Rahl
* Evil Genius - Sister Ulicia
* The Brute - Drefan Rahl, Oba Rahl
* Dark Chick / Sixth Ranger Traitor - Nicci
* Team Pet - Screelings, Heart Hounds, Nambles
* Inheritance Cycle, the Empire
* Big Bad - King Galbatorix
* The Dragon - Murtagh and Thorn, formerly Morzan, Durza at times
* Evil Genius - The Twins
* The Brute - The Ra'zac, Varaug
* Team Pet - Shruikan
* "The Spiderwick Chronicles" (book series, not movie)
* Big Bad - Mulgarath
* The Dragon - The Dragon... oddly enough
* Evil Genius - The Korting
* The Brute - Wormrat/River Troll
* The Dark Chick /SixthRangerTraitor - Hogsqueal
* Hexwood: The Reigners
* Big Bad - Reigner One
* The Dragon - Reigner Three Literally.
* Evil Genius - Reigner Five
* The Brute - Reigner Four
* The Dark Chick - Reigner Two [1]
* The Lord of the Rings
* Big Bad: Sauron
* The Dragon: The Mouth of Sauron
* Evil Genius / Sixth Ranger Traitor: Saruman
* The Brute: The Witch King
* The Dark Chick: Grima Wormtongue
* Alternately:
* Big Bad: Sauron
* The Dragon(s): The Ringwraiths, The Witch-King in particular
* Evil Genius: The Mouth of Sauron
* The Brute: Shelob
* Dark Chick: Wormtongue
* Sixth Ranger Traitor: Saruman
* Coraline
* Big Bad / Evil Genius: The Other Mother
* The Dragon: The Other Father (also The Dark Chick to certain extant)
* The Brute: The Other Bobinsky
* The Dark Chick: The Other Ms. Spink and Ms. Forcible
* That Hideous Strength, N.I.C.E. leadership
* Big Bad, Satan
* The Dragon, Wither, Frost, and eventually Straik
* The Brute: Major Hardcastle
* Evil Genius: Filostrato
* Dark Chick: Mark Studdock, pre-Heel Face Turn
* Sixth Ranger Traitor: Studdock, Merlinus Ambrosius
* Team Pet: Horace Jules
* Warrior Cats, TigerClan
* Big Bad - Tigerstar
* The Dragon - Blackfoot
* Dark Chick - Leopardstar
* Sixth Ranger Traitor- Scourge
* Warrior Cats Omen of the Stars, The Dark Forest
* Big Bad - Tigerstar
* The Dragon - Brokenstar
* The Brute - Hawkfrost
* The Evil Genius - Thistleclaw
* Dark Chick - Mapleshade
* The Yuuzhan Vong leadership, New Jedi Order
* Big Bad - Supreme Overlord Shimmra, later revealed to actually be Onimi.
* The Dragon / The Brute - Warmaster Tsavong Lah, later Nas Choka after Lah is killed.
* Evil Genius - Nom Anor
* Dark Chick / The Man Behind the Man - Onimi
* Sixth Ranger Traitor - Nom Anor again.
* Fate/Zero, What it was supposed to be:
* Big Bad - Tokiomi Tohsaka
* The Dragon - Kirei Kotomine
* The Brute - Gilgamesh
* Evil Genius - Risei Kotomine
* The Dark Chick - Assassin
* What it ended up as:
* Big Bad - Kirei Kotomine
* The Dragon - Gilgamesh
* The Brute - Assassin
* Evil Genius - Tokiomi Tohsaka
* The Dark Chick - Risei Kotomine
* Even The Bible can be interpreted as having this. The villains of the Book of Revelation:
* The Big Bad: The Great Red Dragon. An Eldritch Abomination with seven heads and ten horns, he is worshiped as a god by the repressive government run by...
* The Dragon: The Beast from the Sea, a seven-headed, ten-horned monstrosity who runs the governments of Earth for the Dragon, as it is the Dragon who has given him power. When people say "The Antichrist," this is usually who they mean. Funnily enough, the Great Red Dragon is not The Dragon.
* The Evil Genius: The Beast from the Land, apparently an Evil Sorcerer type, who performs miracles to fool people into following the first Beast.
* The Dark Chick: The Mother of Harlots, at least assuming she's supposed to be a person and not a metaphorically-described place.
* Team Pet/Sixth Ranger Traitor: The seven-headed, ten-horned beast the Harlot rides.
* The villains in Azure Bonds
* The Big Bad: Phalse (although it pretended to be otherwise)
* The Dragon: Cassana of Westgate
* The Brute: Moander (physically the largest, and the user of the most spectacular displays of force)
* The Evil Genius: Zrie Prakis
* The Dark Chick: The Fire Knives The Career Tributes from The Hunger Games:
* The Big Bad: Cato
* The Dragon: Clove
* The Evil Genius: The District 3 boy
* The Brute: Marvel
* The Dark Chick: Glimmer Lucifer's followers, Paradise Lost
* The Big Bad: Lucifer/Satan
* The Dragon: Beelzebub
* The Evil Genius: Belial
* The Brute: Moloch
* The Dark Chick: Mammon
* Sixth Rangers: Sin and Death
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