Favorite Villains

And it's so easy when you're evil

This is the life, you see

The Devil tips his hat to me

I do it all because I'm evil

And I do it all for free

Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need

These guys are villains, plain and simple. They are the mad scientists, the corrupt executives, the evil witches and wizards, the corrupt politicians and dark overlords. They desire to take over the world, they they are out for themselves or want plain ol' chaos. These are my favorite villains :)

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  1. Darkseid

  "Darkseid will come to Earth and annihilate us all; crush us under the rock of his unyielding will. All you see here will be destroyed. Nothing will be spared. He will foul the fields of paradise beyond repair."

  "Even my mommy's house?"

  "Yes."

  Darkseid is pretty much my favorite supervillain. His lines are simply gold (specially in the DCAU), he is the god-emperor of a dying world of evil gods that is out to destroy free will and conquer the Universe.

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  2. Sauron

  "There is no life in the void. Only death."

  Personally, even if Sauron sits in his tower the whole time during the Lord of the Rings books, there is something threatening about a evil presence that you can't fight directly and your only hope of defeating him is throwing his source of power into a volcan (with said source of power corrupting you upon touching it).

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  3. Darth Vader

  Are you surprised he made it to this list?

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  4. Dracula

  King of the Vampires. He works better when he is a symbol of evil than a tortured soul tired with immortality that wants to find his reincarnated love.

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  5. Joker

  Heath Ledger's portrayal anyone?

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  6. Emperor Palpatine

  Even if Darth Vader is the primary villain in Star Wars, Sidious is the true source of evil. He established a brutal empire that spans over the entire galaxy, ruling it with heavy hand, ordered the slaughter of the Jedi Knights - the ones that could have stopped his plans - and pushed Anakin Skywalker into the Dark Side, turning him into Darth Vader.

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  7. Tywin Lannister

  "And who are you, the proud lord said,

  that I must bow so low?

  Only a cat of a different coat,

  that's all the truth I know.

  In a coat of gold or a coat of red,

  a lion still has claws,

  And mine are long and sharp, my lord,

  as long and sharp as yours.

  And so he spoke, and so he spoke,

  that lord of Castamere,

  But now the rains weep o'er his hall,

  with no one there to hear.

  Yes now the rains weep o'er his hall,

  and not a soul to hear."

  The patriarch of House Lannister, he is the archetype of the powerful father. Obsessed with control and absolutely ruthless to enemies, Tywin is an extremely harsh and unforgiving man, terribly efficient at his job, and can't stand it when people laugh at him. He will annihilate entire families that cross his way to get his point across.

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  8. Nazgûl

  They have the one of the best evil musical themes ever made.

  "We renounce our Maker.

  We cleave to the darkness.

  We take unto ourselves the power and glory.

  Behold! We are the Nine,

  The Lords of Unending Life."

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  9. Petyr Baelish

  While Middlefinger here is a slime bucket, what makes him such great villain is that his efficiency lies on everyone's belief he is completely harmless. While pretty much everyone underestimate him (at their own peril), they don't realize he is playing them like fiddles. Only the readers truly realize how dangerous he truly is. If the characters realized it, his plots would have been undone in matter of moments.

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  10. Bane

  People take one look at Bane and they quickly assume he is a dumb brick. Batman & Robin helped that notion a lot and unfortunately, the Arkham games downplay his intelectual aspects a lot. I thought Bane from Dark Knight Rises was such memorable villain, because of his charisma, his lines and his strange voice.

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  11. Loki

  Even if he is more heroic character nowadays in comics (as Kid Loki), Loki from the movies was established as a great villain. No wonder some fans are petitioning for him to have his stand-alone movie.

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  12. Shao Kahn

  He is Mortal Kombat's version of Darkseid.

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  13. Pinhead

  "WE WILL TEAR YOUR SOUL APART!"

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  14. Darth Bane

  Possibly my favorite Sith Lord in the Expanded Universes. I haven't read many novels, but everybody knows that Bane was a badass.

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  15. Darth Nihilus

  Combine Sith Lord with inhuman entity from beyond the void. You have Darth Nihilys.

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  16. The Sith Emperor

  He gains extra points for being voiced by Pinhead.

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  17. Megatron

  ALL HAIL MEGATRON!

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  18. Thulsa Doom

  Specifically from the first Conan movie, that depiction of Thulsa Doom is closer to Thoth-Amon, but my God, James Earl Jones is brilliant as Thulsa Doom. He took everything away from Conan, killing his parents, his people, sold him to slavery while he was still a child... He points out that Conan's hatred was the only thing that kept him living

  "What would your world be without me... My son?" (Must... resist... Star Wars reference...)

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  19. Predators

  The Yautja are relentless hunters. Sometimes they can be pretty heroic too (when put against the Xenomorphs) as they have a strong code of honor that forbids them for hurting children and innocents. Their favorite prey are the most dangerous warriors around.

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  20. General Zod

  Terrence Stamp was so memorable, but Michael Shannon's performance ruled in Man of Steel.

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  21. Sosuke Aizen

  Alright, up until his confrontation, Aizen was for some time my favorite villain in anime probably for the same reason as Peter Baelish. Then, Tite Kubo made him so powerful that the only conceivable way they could come up to defeat him was with Deus Ex Machina. And even then, he they didn't even managed to kill him as he became fully immortal. The Soul Society was only able to imprison him for thousands of years.

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  22. Therns

  The White Martians have god-like delusions having molded the civilization of Barsoom as they saw fit to their purposes.

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  23. Sephiroth

  Even though I prefer Kefka Pallazzo better, Sephiroth has a great musical theme.

  "Taste the seat, Terry

  Eat the bed,

  And the teeth!

  Egg toss

  Jim Carrey

  Eat a bag

  Lemon-dy

  Sephiroth.

  Sephiroth."

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  24. Durge

  He is one of the most underrated Star Wars villains. He is unlike anything that most Jedi ever fought and he deserves a better way to go out then he did in Obsession.

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  25. Darth Maul

  A wasted opportunity when he could have been used as the Darth Vader of the prequel trilogy.

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  26. Wesker

  I remembered playing RE 5 with my friends when it first came out, and what I remember most is how cool Albert Wesker was than anyone in that game.

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  27. Vergil

  Obsessed with power, Vergil will do anything to get it.

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  28. The Balrog

  Otherwise known as Durin's Bane, he drove the dwarves from Moria away and was only by the mighty Grey Wizard Gandalf, who lost his life in the process as well. His alternate name "Valarouko" means "Demon of Might".

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  29. Shredder

  So long as the Ninja Turtles exist, Oruku Saki will be their everlasting enemy.

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  30. Doctor Doom

  I think you can figure on your own why he made it here.

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  31. Collector General
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  32. Daegon
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  33. Dragon King
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  34. Gabranth
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  35. Kain