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I know that Villains are the "Bad Guy" but once in a while a Villain comes along that is just plain cool and you can't help but like him/her/it...or maybe the Villain is so evil that he/she/it completely scares and/or disgusts you...

Some like Magneto and Darth Vader are popular choices so lets get some different ones in there

Who are your favourite Villains of all time?

Mine would have to be:

Liquid Snake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Snake#Liquid_Snake) - Metal Gear Solid Series
Ocelot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_Ocelot#Revolver_Ocelot) - Metal Gear Solid Series
Agent Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_smith) - The Matrix
Tony Montana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Montana) - Scarface
The Joker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joker) - Batman
The Kingpin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Fisk) - Marvel Comics
Doctor Octopus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_octopus) - Spider-Man
Treize Khushrenada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treize_Kushrenada) - Gundam Wing

Cefca (also spelt Kefka)

Batman: Ras Al Ghul
Xmen: Magneto
Marvel: Dr Doom
Superman: Mr Mxylplix (or however you spell it. and this is before he went up against Lex Luthor)

basically a Villian with 1) Class, 2) a code of honor, 3) Style

Batman: The Red Hood (Jason Todd)
Superman: Mr. Mxzclvlzxcl <sp?>
Star Wars: Boba Fett
Real Life: Caligula

Batman: The Red Hood (Jason Todd)
Superman: Mr. Mxzclvlzxcl <sp?>
Star Wars: Boba Fett
Real Life: Caligula

Batman: Ras Al Ghul
Xmen: Magneto
Marvel: Dr Doom
Superman: Mr Mxylplix (or however you spell it. and this is before he went up against Lex Luthor)

basically a Villian with 1) Class, 2) a code of honor, 3) Style

Mister Mxyzptlk
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Mxyzptlk)

I like pretty much any villain that uses their wealth/influence to sway others rather than brute force. The less actual physical ability they have, the better, because that's a lot more realistic and in a lot of ways more frightening than the ones who are gigantic human tanks with superpowers.

Evil Ash. Bad Ash not so much, but Evil Ash? Totally.

Evil Ash. Bad Ash not so much, but Evil Ash? Totally.

all them little Ash.

In no particular order

1) La Chiffee (Casino Royale)
2) Mystic (X-Men)
3) Sylar (Heroes)
4) Lex Luther (Superman...and Smallville)

Well aside from the grandiose, I thought that Elijah Price in Unbreakable was a good villain.

Thatcher.

That guy from Water World. He was awesome.

Where is Megatron?

Either G1 or 2007 Movie Megatron.

Daleks! I just watched the daleks in Manhattan arc, and it was really great. I like how the new Doctor Who series has made them a little more complex than 'floating trash cans that like to yell a lot.'

Thatcher.
:p

Threadwin!

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w37/Gin_the_white_rabbit/Bleach/Ichimaru%20Gin/b158lm5.jpg

He will always be #1 in my heart.

How can there not be a mention of Darth Vader (Orginal trilology, before he got turned into the Emo Poster Child)?

Lord Xykon. This strip expresses why quite well. Well, any strip he's in does, I suppose, but 197's always been one of my favorites (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0197.html)

Darkseid. Just 'cause he was utterly badass in the animated series he was in.

Jon Irenicus.
T-800 Model 101.
Iago.
Mephistopheles

I must say New Manvir, when I saw the thread title, I was set on mentioning Treize Khushrenada, even if it meant nobody knew who I was talking about. I'm very pleased he was recognised for the incredible Villain he is in the very first post. Thank you. :)

My other choices for favourite Villains include:

Iago (Played by Ian McKellan)
Magneto
Fransisco Scaramanga
Moff Tarkin (Star Wars)
Rufus ShinRa (FF VII)

Iago.



Iago (Played by Ian McKellan)

Iago, pretty much Iago, then everything else after a huge gap.

I know that Villains are the "Bad Guy" but once in a while a Villain comes along that is just plain cool and you can't help but like him/her/it...or maybe the Villain is so evil that he/she/it completely scares and/or disgusts you...

Some like Magneto and Darth Vader are popular choices so lets get some different ones in there

Who are your favourite Villains of all time?

Mine would have to be:

Liquid Snake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Snake#Liquid_Snake) - Metal Gear Solid Series
Ocelot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolver_Ocelot#Revolver_Ocelot) - Metal Gear Solid Series
Agent Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_smith) - The Matrix
Tony Montana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Montana) - Scarface
The Joker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Joker) - Batman
The Kingpin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Fisk) - Marvel Comics
Doctor Octopus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_octopus) - Spider-Man
Treize Kushrenada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treize_Kushrenada) - Gundam Wing

Clockwork Cyborg (level 38 tech bots/force field mastermind from City of Villains) - http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/5977/clockworkcyborgvs9.jpg


:D

Audrey II, the plant from Little Shop of Horrors. Gets all the best lines and songs.
The villain always gets the best lines ... :(

Speaking of villains, Darth Benedict is taking a trip to NY sometime soon.
http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/5/55/Bennysith.jpg

Why The Master of course :D

Why The Master of course :D

SHONUFF?

The Shogun of Harlem?

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/6/67/250px-Shonuff01.jpg

Random order:

sideshow bob
peter from enders game
invader zim
crayak from animorphs
visser three from animorphs
norman bates
hannibal lecter
harry powell from night of the hunter
syndrome from the incredibles
scar from the lion king
the nothing from neverending story
satan from rosemary's baby, or any other movie really, satan is just a good villian
hal from 2001
agent smith from the matrix
any bad guy from an arthur c clark story; he can even make cockroaches villainous
it from wrinkle in time
the fly in the fly
a bunch of vincent price roles
the joker
aku from samurai jack
mewtwo
dinosaurs in jurrasic park
big brother
gaara in naruto (I don't like naruto! But gaara is cool.)

There's a lot of kids stuff on my list, but that's where all the good villians are. More mature movies tend to have lame villians like the us government.

Kefka (Final Fantasy VI), Venom (Spider-Man), Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Bowser Koopa (Super Mario Bros. series), Thanatos (Secret of Mana), Lavos (Chrono Trigger), Hojo (Final Fantasy VII), Shere Khan (The Jungle Book), Scar (The Lion King), Cruella de Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians), Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street series), the Leprechaun (Leprechaun series), and many, many more.

Lanfear

Well, obviously Cats.

Most overrated villain: Possibly Sephiroth. Don't get me wrong, he's awesome, just massively overrated.

The blond guy in Aeon Flux (the cartoon, not the movie - I haven't seen the movie and I'm not inclined to).

Metalmouth in Moonraker

Darth Vader - from the orginal Star Wars
Yuri from Red Alert 2
Liquid Snake from Metal Gear Solid - not when he takes over Revolver Ocelot's body. That's just bollocks.
Scaramanga from the Man with the Golden Gun (the film)
Sheriff of Nottingham from Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves
Sideshow Bob :p

There's loads of others.

Ridley, not only does he keep coming back from the dead after been blown to pieces by the sole orphaned survivor of a raid he led. He's the leader of the Space Pirates and he's a dragon!

http://images.wikia.com/metroid/images/e/ea/Ridley.jpg
Interestingly enough he's purple, not red/orange like in his original art.

Metalmouth in Moonraker

That's Jaws, and he's a recurring villain.
http://deshika.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/james_bond_jaws.jpg

Megatron.

LanfearWhat does Lan fear?

Lanfear.

:D

That's Jaws, and he's a recurring villain.
http://deshika.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/james_bond_jaws.jpg

Thanks. I remember his interaction with the little blond on Moonraker.

Vizzini! How has no one mentioned the greatest genius mastermind of all time! Remember, folks: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! ;)

I guess the protagonist from Lord of War was really good, too, but that's primarily because the character was based on real people (and, yes, he is, without a doubt, a villain). Oh, and Carnage...just absolute insanity is considered cliche in a lot of villain story lines, but that's because it's so rarely pulled off well. When you get a good absolutely insane villain, though, it's awesome.

Actually, scratch Carnage to an honorable mention, I'm giving his spot to Petyr in A Song of Ice and Fire. The shit he pulled in the last book had me literally reading with my mouth hanging open even though I knew exactly what he was going to do. God, now I need to reread that book, I think.

The Jackal, in the Day of the Jackal. So damned cool and mysterious, you actually want him to blow de Gaul away at the end!

Oooh! Oooh!


Cliff Racers. They are truly the most evil thing ever put into a video game! :mad:

They make other "villains" look like epitomes of kindness.

Doctor Doom, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Lucifer/Mephistopheles/Satan/Nick/Old Scratch/The Devil would be my top picks.























Edit: Great Gilfig, I forgot the greatest of all time!













http://z.about.com/d/comicbooks/1/7/d/B/joker.jpg

One word....





























http://admiralrupert.googlepages.com/kirk.jpg
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

One word....


























http://admiralrupert.googlepages.com/kirk.jpg
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!


http://www.civfanatics.net/~civrules/Article/Leaders/Genghis.jpg
You ring, mum?

Shodan

Well technically, you could consider people like Vito Corleone and other gangsters as villans. Amirite?

MiLady from Dogtanian

I'm canning my first choice. While Evil Ash/Bad Ash/Mini Ash is pretty badass, there is more comedy then evil generated by the character. I think I'll go with Toecutter from Mad Max. Played by Hugh Keays-Byrne, he manages to pillage and terrorize a town, chase down a kid and his girl, destroying their car and raping the girl, burn a cop trapped in a truck, and then proceed to ruthlessly run down a mother and child before meeting his end with a semi truck.

Iago.

Doctor Doom skinned the love of his life to make a suit of magical armour.

An honourable mention goes to Lex Luthor for style.

Sylar (http://www.stripedwall.com/gallery.php?image=/television/Heroes/HeroesS1/heroes122/Heroes1x220004550.jpg&mode=fullsize), aka Gabriel Gray.

He's a superpowered serial killer who cuts opens people's skulls with telekinesis before removing their brains. Beat THAT.

SHODAN, closely followed by The Many/XERXES, then Andrew Ryan, and finally Atlas/Frank Fontaine.

What do they have in common?

I must say New Manvir, when I saw the thread title, I was set on mentioning Treize Khushrenada, even if it meant nobody knew who I was talking about. I'm very pleased he was recognised for the incredible Villain he is in the very first post. Thank you. :)

My other choices for favourite Villains include:

Iago (Played by Ian McKellan)
Magneto
Fransisco Scaramanga
Moff Tarkin (Star Wars)
Rufus ShinRa (FF VII)

you're welcome, Treize is awesome

I can't believe I forgot about these guys:
Megatron
Shredder
Venom
Carnage

Batman: The Red Hood (Jason Todd)
Superman: Mr. Mxzclvlzxcl <sp?>
Star Wars: Boba Fett
Real Life: Caligula

I think Zod is a better villain. I just ROFL whenever I watch Superman II and see Zod, instead of immediately lunging at Superman, just stand there and say "Come to me, son of Jor-El! Kneel before Zod!" Yeah, like THAT's gonna work. :rolleyes: Can't you just see Superman saying "Okay Zod, I'm coming" and then kneeling before him?

ROFL :D :D :D

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Feathers McGraw yet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/490000/images/_493232_feather.jpg

Now THAT'S a villain!

Iago.

If this is a competition, he seems to be winning it.

What does Lan fear?

Lanfear.

:D

Lan is wise to fear Lanfear. ;)

Glad someone recognized the name. In my opinion she's the coolest of the Forsaken/Chosen.

Fantastic Four isn't a particularly good comic series but Dr. Doom is pretty cool.

peter from enders game

Ooh, I just read that for the first time, and Peter didn't seem totally a villain - I mean flawed, yeah, but not a villain
The Jackal, in the Day of the Jackal. So damned cool and mysterious, you actually want him to blow de Gaul away at the end!

Yeah, he was a good one.

Peter is pretty much the only villain I can think of who succeeded in taking over the world without being overthrown by anybody. That's like the most villainous thing possible.

I'll admit that when he got older, he turned into a good guy. But as a child, he wasn't nice.

I can't believe nobody has mentioned Feathers McGraw yet.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/490000/images/_493232_feather.jpg

Now THAT'S a villain!

Blessings upon you! I love Wallace and Gromit!

Why The Master of course :D

My name... is Torgo. I take care of the house while the Master is away.

I've always been partial to Katz. Bestest theme music ever.