Okay, here we go. from the Venture Brothers. The Monarch is a continues struggle to reach new heights of evil as part of his relation to the organization The Guild of Calamitous Intent (motto: Hate you can Trust)
Not sure if this is the same as declaring oneself evil, but in the sword duel in the beginning of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl", Captain Jack Sparrow pulls an underhanded move. To the protest of his opponent he simply replies "Pirate", subtly admitting he know he can do (at least slightly) evil stuff.
Also, in the Little Shop of Horrors the dentist has a rather ... interesting, musical number where he gets high on Nitros and sings of his love for inflicting pain.
oh, and in the webcomic "Looking For Group" (http://www.lfgcomic.com/) we have character named Richard who.. um.. well, just watch the musical number (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g)
Also, in the first series of Blackadder; Edmund forms a group of the most evil men he can find (One of which is "Sean the Irish Bastard") for the specific reason of overthrowing the throne of England (God Save the King, because nobody else will!)
As for further research, you might want to look into Tv tropes page on the phenomena of "Card Carrying" Villains (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain)
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from the Venture Brothers. The Monarch is a continues struggle to reach new heights of evil as part of his relation to the organization The Guild of Calamitous Intent (motto: Hate you can Trust)
Not sure if this is the same as declaring oneself evil, but in the sword duel in the beginning of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl", Captain Jack Sparrow pulls an underhanded move. To the protest of his opponent he simply replies "Pirate", subtly admitting he know he can do (at least slightly) evil stuff.
Also, in the Little Shop of Horrors the dentist has a rather ... interesting, musical number where he gets high on Nitros and sings of his love for inflicting pain.
oh, and in the webcomic "Looking For Group" (http://www.lfgcomic.com/) we have character named Richard who.. um.. well, just watch the musical number (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g)
Also, in the first series of Blackadder; Edmund forms a group of the most evil men he can find (One of which is "Sean the Irish Bastard") for the specific reason of overthrowing the throne of England (God Save the King, because nobody else will!)
As for further research, you might want to look into Tv tropes page on the phenomena of "Card Carrying" Villains (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CardCarryingVillain)
Hope that helped?