The antagonist truly, genuinely succeeds in their main goal
\- Ozymandias (Watchmen) successfully achieves his goal of stopping a World War by killing millions
\- Palpatine (Star Wars) successfully takes control of the Republic, establishes a Galactic Empire, and installs himself as Emperor
\- Scarecrow (Batman: Arkham Knight) successfully engulfs the city in fear gas and unmasks Batman before the world
\- Madara Uchiha (Naruto) successfully activated Infinite Tsukuyomi and traps the world in a dream state, though he is betrayed afterwards
\- Reverse Flash (The Flash) successfully erases The Flash from existence by killing his mother, but loses his powers and ends up trapped in the past
\- Palpatine (Star Wars) successfully takes control of the Republic, establishes a Galactic Empire, and installs himself as Emperor
\- Scarecrow (Batman: Arkham Knight) successfully engulfs the city in fear gas and unmasks Batman before the world
\- Madara Uchiha (Naruto) successfully activated Infinite Tsukuyomi and traps the world in a dream state, though he is betrayed afterwards
\- Reverse Flash (The Flash) successfully erases The Flash from existence by killing his mother, but loses his powers and ends up trapped in the past
