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Big Bad is a term originally used for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer to describe its major antagonists but has since been used by some critics and fans for multiple other shows, including Supernatural.

The title is divided into the main villains and the secondary villains. The Big Bad is the main villain(s) of the season, orchestrating events behind the scenes, while the secondary villain(s) often (but not always) serve the Big Bad, appearing more regularly and antagonizing the heroes. In some cases, there are several antagonists that also work against each other, other than just antagonizing the Winchesters. Some Big Bads are introduced early on into the season and act as the Big Bad throughout the major arc, while some are later revealed to simply be secondary villains, and are then replaced by the season's true Big Bad or some other character also playing an antagonist role.

Season Villains

Season 1

Main Villain: Azazel
Secondary Villain: Meg

Season 2

Main Villain: Azazel
Secondary Villains: The Special Children, Gordon Walker and Dean's Crossroad Demon

Season 3

Main Villain: Lilith
Secondary Villain: Bela Talbot and Gordon Walker

Season 4

Main Villain: Lilith
Secondary Villains: Ruby, Alastair, Uriel and Zachariah

Season 5

Main Villain: Lucifer
Secondary Villains: Zachariah, Michael and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Season 6

Main Villains: Raphael, Crowley and Castiel
Secondary Villains: Eve, Soulless Sam and Samuel Campbell

Season 7

Main Villain: Dick Roman
Secondary Villains: Edgar and Lucifer (Hallucination)

Season 8

Main Villain: Crowley
Secondary Villains: Naomi, Abaddon and Metatron

Season 9

Main Villains: Metatron and Abaddon
Secondary Villains: Gadreel and Bartholomew

Season 10

Main Villains: The Mark of Cain and Rowena
Secondary Villains: Demon Dean, Styne Family and Metatron

Season 11

Main Villain: The Darkness
Secondary Villain: Lucifer

Season 12

Main Villains: British Men of Letters, Doctor Hess and Lucifer
Secondary Villains: Arthur Ketch and Dagon

Season 13

Main Villains: Alternate Michael and Lucifer
Secondary Villains: Asmodeus

Season 14

Main Villains: Alternate Michael
Secondary Villains: Nick and Duma

Season 15

Main Villains:
Secondary Villains:

Trivia

Lucifer is the most recurring Big Bad in the series.

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-'''Big Bad''' is a term originally used for the television series ''[http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer]'' to describe its [http://buffy.wikia.com/wiki/Big_Bad major antagonists] but has since been used by some critics and fans for multiple other shows, including ''[[Supernatural]]''.
+'''Big Bad''' is a term originally used for the television series ''[[w:c:buffy:Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' to describe its [[w:c:buffy:Big Bad|major antagonists]] but has since been used by some critics and fans for multiple other shows, including ''[[Supernatural]]''.
 The title is divided into the main villains and the secondary villains. The Big Bad is the main villain(s) of the season, orchestrating events behind the scenes, while the secondary villain(s) often (but not always) serve the Big Bad, appearing more regularly and antagonizing the heroes. In some cases, there are several antagonists that also work against each other, other than just antagonizing the Winchesters. Some Big Bads are introduced early on into the season and act as the Big Bad throughout the major arc, while some are later revealed to simply be secondary villains, and are then replaced by the season's true Big Bad or some other character also playing an antagonist role.
-==Season villains==
+==Season Villains==
 ===[[Season 1]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Azazel]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Azazel]]
-* '''Secondary Villain''': [[Meg]]
+*'''Secondary Villain''': [[Meg Masters (Demon)|Meg]]
-<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="1" position="center" navigation="true">
 Azazel1x22.png|Azazel|link=Azazel
-MegEyes.png|Meg|link=Meg
+MegEyes.png|Meg|link=Meg Masters (Demon)
 </gallery>
 ===[[Season 2]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Azazel]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Azazel]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Special Children|The Special Children]], [[Gordon Walker]] and [[Dean's Crossroad Demon]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Special Children|The Special Children]], [[Gordon Walker]] and [[Dean's Crossroad Demon]]
 <gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 Azazel2x21.png|Azazel|link=Azazel
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 SpecialChildrenLittleBads.png|Special Children|link=Special Children
-Gordon.jpg|Gordon Walker|link=http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Gordon
+Gordon hunter 7.jpg|Gordon Walker|link=Gordon Walker
 CrossroadDemonLittleBad.png|Dean's Crossroad Demon|link=Dean's Crossroad Demon
 </gallery>
 ===[[Season 3]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Lilith]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Lilith]]
-* '''Secondary Villain''': [[Bela Talbot]]  and [[Gordon Walker]]
+*'''Secondary Villain''': [[Bela Talbot]] and [[Gordon Walker]]
 <gallery columns="3" orientation="landscape" position="center" spacing="small" navigation="true">
 Lilith3x16.png|Lilith|link=Lilith
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 BelaVillain.png|Bela|link=Bela Talbot
-Gordon Walker89.jpg|Gordon Walker|link=http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Gordon
+Gordon Walker89.jpg|Gordon Walker|link=Gordon Walker
 </gallery>
 ===[[Season 4]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Lilith]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Lilith]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Ruby]], [[Alastair]], [[Uriel]] and [[Zachariah]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Ruby]], [[Alastair]], [[Uriel]] and [[Zachariah]]
 <gallery position="center" columns="3" spacing="small" orientation="landscape" navigation="true">
 LilithEyes4x18.png|Lilith|link=Lilith
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="4" position="center" navigation="true">
 Ruby4x16.png|Ruby|link=Ruby
 AlastairBigBad.png|Alastair|link=Alastair
@@ Line 47: / Line 53: @@
 ===[[Season 5]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Lucifer]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Lucifer]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Zachariah]], [[Michael]] and [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Zachariah]], [[Michael]] and [[Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]
 <gallery position="center" columns="3" spacing="small" orientation="landscape" navigation="true">
 LucBigBad.png|Lucifer|link=Lucifer
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 Zachariah01.jpg|Zachariah|link=Zachariah
 Adam-adam-milligan-14120389-500-290 large.jpg|Michael|link=Michael
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="4" position="center" navigation="true">
 War.jpg|War|link=War
 Famine 2.jpg|Famine|link=Famine
@@ Line 61: / Line 71: @@
 ===[[Season 6]]===
-* '''Main Villains''': [[Raphael]], [[Crowley]] and [[Castiel]]
+*'''Main Villains''': [[Raphael]], [[Crowley]] and [[Castiel]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Eve]], [[Sam Winchester|Soulless Sam]] and [[Samuel Campbell]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Eve]], [[Sam Winchester|Soulless Sam]] and [[Samuel Campbell]]
 <gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
@@ Line 70: / Line 80: @@
 EveBigBadSPN.png|Eve|link=Eve
 Soulless Sam.jpg|Soulless Sam|link=Soulless Sam
-Samuel Unforgiven 2.jpg|Samuel Campbell|link=http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Samuel_Campbell
+Samuel Unforgiven 2.jpg|Samuel Campbell|link=Samuel Campbell
 </gallery>
 ===[[Season 7]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Dick Roman]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Dick Roman]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Edgar]] and [[Lucifer]] (Hallucination)
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Edgar]] and [[Lucifer]] (Hallucination)
 <gallery position="center" columns="3" spacing="small" orientation="landscape" navigation="true">
 px-Richard_Roman.jpg|Dick Roman|link=Dick Roman
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 EdgarMouth.jpg|Edgar|link=Edgar
 Lucifer tells Sam to kill himself.jpg|Lucifer (Hallucination)|link=Lucifer
@@ Line 84: / Line 96: @@
 ===[[Season 8]]===
-* '''Main Villain''': [[Crowley]]
+*'''Main Villain''': [[Crowley]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Naomi]], [[Abaddon]] and [[Metatron]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Naomi]], [[Abaddon]] and [[Metatron]]
 <gallery position="center" columns="3" spacing="small" orientation="landscape" navigation="true">
 Crowley8x02.png|Crowley|link=Crowley
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 Naomi.png|Naomi|link=Naomi
 Abaddonletters.jpg|Abaddon|link=Abaddon
@@ Line 95: / Line 109: @@
 ===[[Season 9]]===
-* '''Main Villains''': [[Metatron]] and [[Abaddon]]
+*'''Main Villains''': [[Metatron]] and [[Abaddon]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Gadreel]] and [[Bartholomew]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Gadreel]] and [[Bartholomew]]
 <gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 MetatronBigBadS99.png|Metatron|link=Metatron
 Abaddonsrise.png|Abaddon|link=Abaddon
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 Gadreel-3.png|Gadreel|link=Gadreel
 px-Bartholomew.jpg|Bartholomew|link=Bartholomew
@@ Line 105: / Line 122: @@
 ===[[Season 10]]===
-* '''Main Villains''': [[Rowena]] and [[Mark of Cain|The Mark of Cain]]
+*'''Main Villains''': [[Mark of Cain|The Mark of Cain]] and [[Rowena]]
-* '''Secondary Villains''': [[Dean Winchester|Demon Dean]], [[Styne Family]] and [[Metatron]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Dean Winchester|Demon Dean]], [[Styne Family]] and [[Metatron]]
 <gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
-RowenaBigBad.png|Rowena|link=Rowena
 MarkOfCainDean.jpg|Mark of Cain|link=Mark of Cain
+RowenaBigBad.png|Rowena|link=Rowena
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 Demon Dean.jpg|Demon Dean|link=Knights of Hell
 px-StyneFamilyCrest.png|Styne Family|link=Styne Family
-MetatronFinale.jpg|Metatron|link=http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Metatron
+MetatronFinale.jpg|Metatron|link=Metatron
 </gallery>
 ===[[Season 11]]===
 *'''Main Villain:''' [[The Darkness]]
 *'''Secondary Villain''': [[Lucifer]]
 <gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="2" position="center" navigation="true">
-Darkness Amara.png|Amara|link=The Darkness
+Darkness Amara.png|The Darkness|link=The Darkness
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
 Lucifer_in_Cas.jpeg|Lucifer|link=Lucifer
 </gallery>
 ===[[Season 12]]===
-*'''Main Villains:''' [[Lucifer]]
+*'''Main Villains:''' [[British Men of Letters]], [[Doctor Hess]] and [[Lucifer]]
-*'''Secondary Villains''': [[British Men of Letters]], [[Lady Toni Bevell]], [[Arthur Ketch]]
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Arthur Ketch]] and [[Dagon]]
 <p style="text-align: center;"><gallery navigation="true" position="center" columns="dynamic" spacing="medium" orientation="landscape" widths="177">
+British Men of Letters.jpg|British Men of Letters|link=British Men of Letters
-Nick S12.png|Lucifer|link=Lucifer
+Dr. Hess, 2017.png|Doctor Hess|link=Doctor Hess
-British Men of Letters.jpg|British men of letters|link=British men of letters
+All Along the Watchtower 12.jpg|Lucifer|link=Lucifer
-Lady Antonia Bevell 2.PNG|Lady Toni Bevell|link=http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_Toni_Bevell
+</gallery>
-ArthurKetch.jpg|Arthur Ketch|link=http://supernatural.wikia.com/wiki/Arthur_Ketch
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
+ArthurKetch.jpg|Arthur Ketch|link=Arthur Ketch
+The British Invasion 14.jpg|Dagon|link=Dagon
 </gallery></p>
 ===[[Season 13]]===
+*'''Main Villains:''' [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]] and [[Lucifer]]
-*'''Main Villain:'''
-*'''Secondary Villains''':
+*'''Secondary Villains''': [[Asmodeus]]
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
+Good Intentions 16.jpg|Alternate Michael|link=Michael (Apocalypse World)
+Lucifer13x23.png|Lucifer|link=Lucifer
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
+Asmodeuseyes.png|Asmodeus|link=Asmodeus
+</gallery>
+===[[Season 14]]===
+*'''Main Villains:''' [[Michael (Apocalypse World)|Alternate Michael]]
+*'''Secondary Villains:''' [[Nick]] and [[Duma]]
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
+Good Intentions 16.jpg|Alternate Michael|link=Michael (Apocalypse World)
+</gallery>
+<gallery spacing="small" orientation="landscape" columns="3" position="center" navigation="true">
+Prophet and Loss 08.jpg|Nick|link=Nick
+Duma 1408.png|Duma|link=Duma
+</gallery>
+===[[Season 15]]===
+*'''Main Villains: '''
+*'''Secondary Villains: '''
+==Trivia==
+*[[Lucifer]] is the most recurring Big Bad in the series.
 [[Category:Main Villains]]
 [[Category:Terminology]]
+[[Category:Articles without quotes]]

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