Wily is a man obsessed with world domination and with proving himself as being better than Light. Many of his plans in often were life threatening, He was also willing to destroy whole cities with earthquakes if they didn't obey him. Even so, he is still portrayed in a comedic light, being shown as an incompetent over the top scientist. He often had the robot masters also with him to do the dirty work of his plans. Most notably Proto Man who often never obeyed him.