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  2. Fictional portrayals of psychopaths - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates (), a notable psychopathic character from fiction. Fictional portrayals of psychopaths, or sociopaths, are some of the most notorious in film and literature but may only vaguely or partly relate to the concept of psychopathy, which is itself used with varying definitions by mental health professionals, criminologists and others.

  3. List of fictional antiheroes - Wikipedia

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    The Boy Who Followed Ripley Ripley Under Water: Patricia Highsmith: 1955–1991 [36] Okonkwo Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe: 1958 [37] Elric of Melniboné: Elric of Melniboné: Michael Moorcock: 1961 [38] Yossarian: Catch-22: Joseph Heller [39] Alex: A Clockwork Orange: Anthony Burgess: 1962 [14] Paul Atreides: Dune: Frank Herbert: 1965 [40 ...

  4. Homelander - Wikipedia

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    The Boys producer and showrunner Eric Kripke has stated that while Homelander can "in theory" be killed, a plot twist which involved the character being killed by his clone Black Noir in the comic book version was not used in the television adaptation, where Black Noir is instead depicted as a black man and the character's psychopathic traits ...

  5. Psychopathy - Wikipedia

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    The word psychopathy is a joining of the Greek words psyche (ψυχή) "soul" and pathos (πάθος) "suffering, feeling". [30] The first documented use is from 1847 in Germany as psychopatisch, [95] and the noun psychopath has been traced to 1885. [31]

  6. Black Noir - Wikipedia

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    Black Noir [4] is the name of three characters from the comic book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and the television series and franchise of the same name, developed by Eric Kripke.

  7. List of soap opera villains - Wikipedia

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    A villain is an "evil" character in a story, whether a historical narrative or, especially, a work of fiction.In soap operas, the villain, sometimes called a "bad guy", is an antagonist, tending to have a negative effect on other characters.

  8. List of Monster characters - Wikipedia

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    General Helmut Wolf (ヘルムート・ヴォルフ, Herumūto Vorufu) is an old soldier who was first to find the twins, gave Johan his name (the name of the boy in the picture book entitled The Monster without a Name) and sent him to 511 Kinderheim. Although a member of the right-wing organization whose goal is to make Johan the leader of ...

  9. Dark triad - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the triad. The dark triad is a psychological theory of personality, first published by Delroy L. Paulhus and Kevin M. Williams in 2002, [1] that describes three notably offensive, but non-pathological personality types: Machiavellianism, sub-clinical narcissism, and sub-clinical psychopathy.