Fictional Psychopaths

[Scarim Coral]

It got to be the Joker for me. At the end of the day all he want is to make the Batman laugh and he is like a brickwall.

 

[TestingTheExaminer]

For me it would have to be Dexter Morgan, the TV shows adaptation of him though. From about the 3rd book in the series the books Dexter was far too confused with himself and sullen to Rita and far too soft.

Another couple are Jim Keats from the finial series of Ashes to Ashes, and Tony Soprano at a push.

 

[GonzoGamer]

Also, there are numerous pathological mental states that fall outside of sociopathy and psychopathy that allow inclusion of a whole lot of interesting fictional characters such as what's-her-name from Fatal Attraction.

And psychopaths who don't necessarily kill people but just don't have regard for them like Cosmo Kramer; one of my favorite psychopaths.

But in the spirit of the thing I would have to say Patrick Bateman and Dexter Morgan.

 

[Pseudoboss]

Hyde, from Jekyll. "Trust me, i'm a lunatic."

 

[Kuranesno7]

Alex "The Large" DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange (might technically count as a sociopath tho, but oh well).

Rorscach (vigilante psychopath, as defined by Alan Moore in an interview)

Peter Riviera from Neuromancer. He's into doing Speedballs (heroin+cocaine), gets a sexual thrill from betraying people, is a good looking suave ************, and can generate holgrams/hallucinations of whatever he wants (i.e. giant floating sperm in someone's drink, boils and pustules on a guy's face, an eldritch abomination for distracting cops, scorpion injecting into his vein instead of his other arm with a syringe, children with knives for teeth eating a dead body, etc.)

 

[Jake0fTrades]

Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men.

Spoiler: Warning: Graphic content

 

[GistoftheFist]

Probably have to say Johnny C. He so crazeh.

 

[Helmholtz Watson]

Who are some of your favorite psychopaths in fiction? Be it in movie, game, or literature.

Dexter Morgan (Dexter)

I hate dexter, the guy is a blatant ripe off of Serial Killer X [http://condemned.wikia.com/wiki/Leland_Vanhorn]. Coincidentally, SKX [http://condemned.wikia.com/wiki/Leland_Vanhorn] is my favorite one. Talk about little fish getting eaten by the bigger fish, this guy doesn't go after innocent defenseless people, he goes after other serial killers. The guy is seriously bad news.

However there is a second guy I heard about.... Johan Liebert.

 

[Fleetfiend]

Hyde, from Jekyll. "Trust me, i'm a lunatic."

Holy crap, how could I forget about him? Gah, I've got to use that one. Thank you.

Talk about little fish getting eaten by the bigger fish, this guy doesn't go after innocent defenseless people, he goes after other serial killers. The guy is seriously bad news.

Isn't that, to an extent, what Dexter is doing as well?

 

[LoFr3Eq]

Would Light Yagami count? I've always seen him as a sort of Patrick Bateman (American Psycho is my fav movie) like character, only feeling disgust, but being completely self minded, but it might be more of a god complex than psychopathy.