{{Wiktionary|necessary evil}} '''Necessary Evil''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Ethics== * Necessary evil, an evil that must be allowed for a greater good to result * Lesser of two evils principle
== Film and television == * ''The Necessary Evil'', a 1925 American silent film * ''Necessary Evil'' (2008 film), an American thriller film * ''Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics'', a 2013 documentary film * "Necessary Evil" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), a television episode * "A Necessary Evil" (''In the Heat of the Night''), a television episode * "A Necessary Evil" (''Xena: Warrior Princess''), a television episode
== Music == ===Albums=== * ''Necessary Evil'' (Deborah Harry album) or the title song, 2007 * ''Necessary Evil'' (Salem album), 2007
===Songs=== * "Necessary Evil", by Armand Van Helden from ''2 Future 4 U'' * "Necessary Evil", by Balance of Power from ''Heathen Machine'' * "Necessary Evil", by Body Count from ''Born Dead'' * "Necessary Evil", by the Dresden Dolls from ''Yes, Virginia...'' * "Necessary Evil", by Hans Zimmer from ''The Dark Knight Rises'' film soundtrack * "Necessary Evil", by Memphis May Fire from ''Shapeshifter'' * "Necessary Evil", by Motionless in White from ''Graveyard Shift'' * "Necessary Evil", by Napalm Death from ''Enemy of the Music Business'' * "Necessary Evil", by Nikki Yanofsky from ''Little Secret'' * "Necessary Evil", by Unknown Mortal Orchestra from ''Multi-Love''
==Other uses== * ''Necessary Evil'' (aircraft), a B-29 Superfortress used in the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima * ''Necessary Evil'' (comics), a 2019–2020 ''Power Rangers'' crossover event * ''Necessary Evil'', a role-playing game campaign setting by Savage Worlds * ''Necessary Evil'', a comic published by Desperado Publishing * ''A Necessary Evil'', a ''Stargate'' audiobook *''A Necessary Evil'', novel by Abir Mukherjee
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