Top 10 Fictional Characters Who Caused Their Own Downfall

A the saying goes pride comes before the fall, these are the characters who through their own actions resulted in their own demise, the characters who rose to the top only to come crashing down.
The Top Ten
1 Tony Montana - Scarface Antonio Raimundo "Tony" Montana is a fictional character and the villain protagonist of the 1983 film Scarface.

Say Good bye to the bad guy!

2 Macbeth - Macbeth
3 Scar - The Lion King Scar is the main antagonist of Disney's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King. He was the second son of Ahadi and Uru — who were, at one time, King and Queen of the Pride Lands — the younger brother of Mufasa, and the uncle of Simba.
4 Azula - Avatar the Last Airbender Princess Azula is a fictional character and antagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. She is voiced by Grey DeLisle Griffin.

Azula had always used fear and intimidation to control others until Mai betrayed her by helping Zuko and the others to escape from the Boiling Rock prison. When confronted, Mai tells her that she loved Zuko more than she feared Azula, which angered her. This led to Azula distrusting everyone around her. After Ozai declares her to be the next Fire Lord, she ends up banishing everyone around her, including the Dai Li, thinking that they would all eventually betray her. This clearly shows her descent into madness as she sees visions of her mother. She is eventually brought down by Katara.

5 Victor Frankenstein - Frankenstein

Long story short guy creates a monster and monster then destroys his life.

6 Voldemort - Harry Potter Lord Voldemort is a fictional character and the central main antagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter novels. Voldemort first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was released in 1997.
7 Charles Foster Kane - Citizen Kane
8 Jafar - Aladdin Jafar is the main antagonist of Disney's 31st full length animated feature film Aladdin. Jafar is introduced as the sinister Royal Vizier to Agrabah's Sultan who desires power over Agrabah.
9 Judge Doom - Who Framed Roger Rabbit
10 Dr. Gero - Dragon Ball Z

After being defeated by Goku back in the original Dragon Ball series Dr. Gero would return this time creating a series of androids to seek revenge against Goku eventually turning himself into an android in the progress after being defeated by the Z warriors he returns to his lab to release Android #17 & #18 and just like in Frankenstein they turn on him.

The Contenders
11 Meowth - Pokémon Meowth, known in Japan as Nyarth, is a Normal-type Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Designed by Ken Sugimori, it was first introduced in the Pokemon Red and Blue, and is also known as the mascot of Team Rocket in the anime. At level 28, it evolves into Persian.

Meowth has three forms. Its Alolan form is a dark-type Pokemon, and can be evolved into Alolan Persian... read more
12 Light Yagami - Death Note Light Yagami is a fictional character and the protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.
13 Hans Gruber - Die Hard Hans Gruber is a fictional character and the main antagonist of the 1988 action film Die Hard portrayed by Alan Rickman.
14 Norman Osborn - Spider-Man Norman Osborn is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
15 Numbuh 1 - Codename: Kids Next Door
16 Fuli - The Lion Guard Fuli is the tritagonist of the 2016 Disney Junior The Lion King spin-off series "The Lion Guard". She is a young cheetah who is one of Kion's friends and serves as the fastest member of the Lion Guard and is the only and first female to join. She is voiced by Diamond White. She has been described as "tough", "no-nonsense", and "smart".
17 Numbuh 2 - Codename: Kids Next Door
18 Custard The Cat - Strawberry Shortcake
19 Scorpion - Mortal Kombat Scorpion is a recurring player character and occasional boss character from the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. His debut is in the first Mortal Kombat game.
20 Manny - Ice Age
21 Patrick Bateman - American Psycho Patrick Bateman, is an American, serial killing, yuppie, villain protagonist, who debuted in the rules of attraction, by Bret Easton Ellis.

Best known for his relevance in its successor, American Psycho (also by Bret Easton Ellis), as the novel's protagonist (which mostly contributes to the book's film adaptation), he's a self-caring, wall street investment banker, with no care for others,... read more
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