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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. A female villain is sometimes called a villainness or "bad girl". Random House Unabridged Dictionary defines villain 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 first known use the term soap villain was made in 1975 by Joan Hanauer in the ''Lodi News-Sentinel'', referring to Lisa Grimaldi in ''As the World Turns''.〔 Tom Conroy from ''Media Life Magazine'' noted that "On soap operas, sometimes a perfectly nice regular character will suddenly turn into a villain. Viewers are rarely alerted to the change beforehand."〔 Shelley Fralic of the ''Winnipeg Free Press'' described the "first-class villain" of soap as: "Ruthless magnate. Serial groom. Charming rogue. Unrepentant schemer. Demanding paterfamilias. Defier of death. Tough, impatient, decisive, magnetic and infuriating. The blackest of blackguards."〔 A writer for ''Inside Soap'' magazine warned that "soap psychos" are often overly keen on their partners, keep them separated from their families, have strange things hidden in secret rooms, will attempt to kill their partner's ex-partner, and are fond of fire or high places, and named a number of characters from ''EastEnders'', ''Emmerdale'' and ''Coronation Street'' who have behaved in such ways.〔 Debra Hale, writing about the fate of villains for the Associated Press, said that "Sometimes, a villain becomes so evil he's beyond redemption and must be killed or imprisoned", but noted that "some villains are just too delectable to kill."〔 The following lists soap opera characters who have been described as villainous, evil, bad guys or baddies. ==''All My Children''== * Les Baxter〔〔 * Vanessa Bennett〔 * Michael Cambias〔 * Adam Chandler Sr.〔 * Palmer Cortlandt〔 * Sean Cudahy〔 * Richard Fields〔 * Ray Gardner〔 * Rob Gardner〔 * Janet Green〔 * David Hayward〔〔 * Eric Kane〔 * Erica Kane〔 * Jonathan Lavery〔〔 * Dr. Greg Madden〔 * Greenlee Smythe〔 * Billy Clyde Tuggle〔 * Garrett Williams〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of soap opera villains」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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