Best Villains Of All Time.

[Geneva]

Who are your favourite villains of all time? Why? What makes them stand out? Are they believable? Relatable? Or just downright terrifying?

Video games, movies, TV shows, comic books, etc....
Comment and discuss on who is the greatest villain of all time.

[elementalfrost]

The Joker. Believable...Yes He stands obviously because of his green hair, face paint, and funny accent. Overall he is the best villain IMO. Or maybe that I just thought Heath Ledger was a great actor.

[Deathnid]

Deadpool! no contest . he is soooo cooooool

in the new x-man movie

[Loplod]

Deadpool is awesome

New deadpool is not

[Geneva]

My vote has to go to Hannibal Lecter. Forget the horrid portrayal of him in the Silence of the Lambs sequals (although the original movie was awesome), it's in the books where he really shines.

Thomas Harris is far from my favourite author. I'd rate him just above average at best. But his portrayal of Lecter is amazing.
The guy is just twisted. He doesn't have face paint like the Joker. He isn't a firearms expert like Deadpool. He has no supernatural powers whatsoever.

His strength is in the mind games he plays. His dialogue is brilliant and there have been several times where I've had to put down one of the books just to register a mental "ouch!" for whoever was unlucky enough to have been at the recieving end of his verbal torture.

He's also a criminal genius who manages to hurt his enemies WHILE STILL LOCKED AWAY IN PRISON. No pre-set plans. No unrealistic, convoluted plots. Just simple, believable and ingenius methods.

Definitely a winner for me.

[logic79]

I used to play Lecter in a "Live Horror Attraction" at a local theme park.

My fav villian of all time is Megatron. Plans that make no sense what so ever! Brilliant.

[yoritomo]

Mr. Lecter is a good call. Though anyone who likes farva beans can't be the best villain of all time.

My vote goes to the old school choice, one "Lord Vader". I'm not talking new Darth, I'm talking old school "I'm going to Force choke you just because I don't like what you're saying" Vader. He's been the gold standard for which other villains have been measured against since 1976.

[andy089]

I almost replied with a bad WWII joke.
*ahem*
=D

[The Tomato]

Asside form the joker



Pretty awesome guy!

Or:



The last year though, this guy \(n_n)/

[Psychichobo]

Gah, I can't actually think now. See, all the characters I can think of aren't always the villian...

I think mine's currently Joshua from The World Ends With You. Not strictly a villian per se, but he's a fantastic (please do not swear) who pretty much dominates the entire game with such capriciousness.



Minamimoto's pretty cool too. Math-loving nutter that he is.

[Geneva]

Another villain, more interesting than awesome, that grabbed my attention is Bob from Twin Peaks.

Basically, he's a crazy, hillbilly demon who possesses the minds of the inhabitants in the town of Twin Peaks. He dwells in a surrealistic nightmare world known as the Black Lodge.

I can't really go much further into it without spoilers (seriously, everybody should see that show) but there are some really creepy moments and interesting plot twists involving him.

Too bad the show was canceled after Season 2 in what has to be one of the most infuriating cliffhangers of all time. Director David Lynch didn't help the matter either, choosing to make the subsequent, feature length, film into a crazy prequel rather than expanding on the ending.

[andy089]

ROBBY ROTTEN!
Because he is a bit like me. But I dont have his chin. sadly. XD

[Hyper Kinetic]

Sephiroth, from Final Fantasy VII, is pretty much up there for me.

The story, the history, the sword, the outfit, the hair... Brilliant.

GLaDOS, from Portal, a close second.

[biomega]

I agree about the Joker, particularly in The Dark Knight... not slapstick Joker. He was just brilliant. His sole aim was to dismantle society entirely. And he never gives any rational reason. He clearly isn't interested in money ("I'm only burning my half!!!"), all he wants is to (please do not swear) up your day. No, make that your entire world. Just because. Also, did anybody else think some of his "jokes" were actually kind of funny in an awful way? Or was that just me because I'm a weirdo.

Also I agree about Darth, because he's alllllmost a good guy. The whole time he's kicking the galaxy around, you know he's holding something back. And then, at the last moment, BAM! He throws Palpatine into the abyss. The ultimate badass moment. He answers to no one. His fist is law.

Other than those two guys, I don't know. Nobody seems to come close.

[Grythic]

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Doctor Nefarious, because he dosent make sence