Archetype:Game of Death Mastermind

Game of Death Mastermind
Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa) is the most famous game of death mastermind in video games.
The Archetype of:	Game of Death Mastermind.

"I promise...I've given up games of murder. I'm done with death traps. Okay...maybe a tiny little death trap."

― Arcade (Marvel Comics)

The archetype of a character that pulls the strings for a game relating to death or extreme level of danger.

Also Called

• Battle Royale Mastermind
• Deadly Contest Mastermind
• Death Game Mastermind/Engineer
• Killing Game Mastermind

Properties

The character is a mastermind who is in control of some sort of deadly contest or game of death. They set the rules for what dangerous or murderous game(s) the contestant must go through. The mastermind is in charge of creating the traps, obstacles, and boundaries each contestant must face.

Associated Powers

• Killing Instinct/Killing Intuition
• Obstruction Creation
• Obstacle Manipulation
• Peak Human/Enhanced Intelligence
• Rule Creation
• Rule Manipulation
• Trapping Intuition
• Trap Manipulation
• Game Slaying

Relationship

• Archetype:Last Survivor
  • Last survivors are often a result of surviving a game.
• Archetype:Trickster
  • Masterminds are often skilled at deception, tricking others into participating or misleading them about the rules or goals of the game.

Example Characters

See Also: Deadly Game

Anime/Manga

• Shunsui Kyoraku (Bleach)
• Izaya Shidou(Darwin's Game)
• Arbiters (Death Parade)
• Zeno (Dragon Ball Super)
• Deus Ex Machina (Future Diary)
• Kenjaku (JUJUTSU Kaisen)
• King (King's Game)
• Hiroto Minaka (Sekirei)
• Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online)
• Shadow Game users (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
  • Atem/Yami Yugi
  • Marik Ishtar/Evil Marik
  • Maxamillion Pegasus
  • Yami Bakura

Cartoons/Comics

• Arcade (Marvel Comics)
• Drunk Rick (Rick And Morty); Only when drunk.

Literature

• Gamemakers (The Hunger Games)

Live Television/Movies

• John Kramer/Jigsaw (Saw)
• The Front Man (Squid Game)
• Oh Il-nam (Squid Game)

Video Games

• Abraham Gray (Angels of Death)
• Junko Enoshima (Danganronpa)
• Izuru Kamukura (Danganronpa 2)
• Alter Ego Junko (Danganronpa 2)
• Monaca Towa (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
• Kurokuma (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
• Shirokuma (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)
• Kazuo Tengan (Danganronpa 3)
• Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa V3)
• Zahha (Dragon Ball Legends)
• Yaldabaoth (Persona 5)
• Mercurius (Shinza Banshou series)
• Founders of the Holy Grail War (TYPE-MOON)
  • Fuyuki
    • Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern
    • Nagato Tohsaka
    • Zouken Matou
  • Moon Cell
    • BB
    • Kiara Sessyoin
    • Twice H. Peiceman

Others

• SCP-024-The Game Show of Death (SCP Foundation)
• SCP-263-Cash or Ash (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Monaca Towa (Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls)

Tsumugi Shirogane (Danganronpa V3)

Zeno (Dragon Ball series) is the one behind the tournament of Power, where the losers have their universe destroyed.

Deus Ex Machina (Future Diary) is the god of time and space who, sensing him immanent death, set up a competition where the last survivor becomes his successor.

Kenjaku (JUJUTSU Kaisen) is the mastermind behind the Culling Game.

Arcade (Marvel Comics)

Yaldabaoth (Persona 5) created the metaverse and gifted the Metaverse Navigator to both Joker and Crow as a test for humanity, though he had rigged the game from the start.

Jigsaw (Saw)

SCP-024-The Game Show of Death (SCP Foundation) is controlled by an Anonymous Announcer who makes anyone inside the building of SCP-024 participate in a Game Show that involves an obstacle course. The obstacles can be benign to extremely hazardous. Anyone who loses in the Game Show will disappear and anyone attempting to break the rules will be met with extreme violence then ejected from the studio and never be seen again.

SCP-263-Cash or Ash (SCP Foundation) is a TV Set that displays a Game Show called Cash or Ash that is run by SCP-263-1 who will make anyone who turns on the TV answer 3 questions relating to the environment surrounding SCP-263. If the subject fails to answer in less than 45 seconds, answers incorrectly, or cheats then they will spontaneously combust and die.

Mercurius (Shinza Banshou series) is the person who set up the transmutation of gold, requiring multiple fights and thousands of sacrifices in order to create a new god.

Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online) is the one who trapped thousands of players in the game Sword Art Online and forced them to either die or clear the game.

Atem/Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!) hosted several shadow games with deadly consequences.

Maximillion Pegasus (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Videos

Yugioh season 0 opening

Honest Action - Home Alone

SCP-024 - Game Show of Death ☠️ - Euclid - Ectoentropic SCP

SCP-024 Game Show of Death (SCP Animation)

What happens after you win a game of PUBG