Fake Tragic

Villains who either faked their own tragedies or do have a Freudian Excuse but is simply invalid and/or no longer holds up.

Villains in this category include:

• Villains whose "tragedies" are really petty excuses for villainy
• Villains who brought their misery onto themselves while blaming it on someone, or worse, everyone else
• Villains who felt unloved or underappreciated but became unsympathetic due to the nature of their actions
• Villains who experienced genuine tragedies (e.g. losing their family or loved ones, experiencing prejudice, being bullied/abused, abandoned, tortured, rejected by society, living in poverty, having major health issues such as diseases, disorders, disabilities, etc.), but exaggerate how badly it affected them to make false excuses for their actions or simply aren't or no longer affected by what happened to them
• Villains who were exposed to evil forces which brought out their darkest qualities, toxins that were slowly killing them, given powers that were difficult to appropriately use, etc. but instead of searching for help, seeking a proper way to incorporate their powers, or learning self-control, they used it as an excuse to take up villainy
• Villains whose excuse sounds good enough, but there's no in-universe proof it ever happened, or is completely made-up and never happened
• Villains who were already cruel and vile people to begin with before experiencing any form of trauma, whether it was genuine or not. As such, their tragedy is prevented from being a legitimate Freudian excuse in the first place