Villains who suffered a genuine tragedy, but since the crimes they committed are unacceptable, the extent of their evil almost outweighs it (e.g. Sephiroth, Thanos, Makima, Jason Voorhees, Johan Liebert, Bane, Riddler, Kingpin, Evil Morty, The Tortured One, Darth Nihilus, Sigma, Oh Sangwoo, Ellen, and Barty Crouch Jr.). This also includes if whether the tragedy excuses the villains' actions or not is very debatable. Although, there are occasions where their tragedy still strongly holds up despite everything they've done (e.g. Kazuya Mishima, Skull Face, Lisa Simpson (Ei8ht), John Doe, Malware, General Grievous, Erik Killmonger, General Shepherd, Charles F. Muntz, Circus Baby, Lady Arkham, Penguin (Batman Returns), Simon Laurent, CatNap, Joseph, Clay Puppington, Imhotep, and The Man in the Suit).

In a couple of cases, it's their only prevention from them being Pure Evil (e.g. Ellen) as the latter category can never have tragic villains even if they did suffer a genuine tragedy.

For obvious reasons, all villains under this category should be under Sympathetic and often should be under Debased. However, extremely rare exceptions exist if they stayed with the same amount of sympathy from the start of their tragedies to end due to already being evil (e.g. Kingpin, Pet Shop, Imhotep, and White Death).

This category applies only if the villain's tragedy is recognized as a tragedy. Villains whose tragedy doesn't hold up and whose actions aren’t caused by their tragedy should go to Fake Tragic instead. However,

Their good counterparts are Tragic Near Pure Good Heroes.