Who is your favorite villain?

[Noble Saber]

Norman goddamn Stansfield

[Ivo-goji]

Ivo Robotnik 100% definitely yep

[Leviarex]

King Ghidorah (Represented here by the Showa version)


Spacegodzilla ('Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla')


Sharptooth ('The Land Before Time')


Toguro ('Yu Yu Hakusho')


M. Bison ('Street Fighter', and represented here by the animated movie version)


'Beast Wars' Megatron


Freddy Krueger ('A Nightmare On Elm Street' series)


Smaug (last two 'The Hobbit' films)


The Yautjas ('Predator' series)



I'll list more at a later date.

[TyrantGojira]

So many, I don’t know where to begin.
Dr. Doom
Freddy Kruger
Smaug
Sheer Khan
Deathstroke
Dr. Eggman
Cell
Vilgax
M. Bison
Darth Vader
And of course.... Senator Steven “God Damn Mother of all Omelettes” Armstrong.

[KaijuCanuck]

Kind of obscure but Sergeant Obadiah Hakeswill from the Richard Sharpe series of books/TV shows. He’s a psychotic, sadistic survivor of a hanging who goes on to become a sergeant in the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars. He suffers hallucinations that his deceased mother is talking to him through his hat, and learns to both manipulate the aristocratic officers above him, and rule with terror over the common soldiers below him, carving out a little kingdom for himself within the army. One of the best written and engaging villains I’ve ever encountered in fiction.

Seriosuly, if you’re not aware of the Sharpe series check it out - the books are great, and much of the tv series is usually available on YouTube.

[ShinGi]

Chose Vader from the poll but there are many more villains that i like

Some include:

Ghidorah
Destororyah
Thanos
Killmonger
Joker and pretty much the majority of Batman villains
Dr Doom
Vaas from Far Cry 3
Daleks and Davros
Makuta ( Bionicle)
Junko Enoshima ( Danganronpa)
Emperor Palpatine
Tarkin
Darkseid
Glados
Alien Queen and Aliens

[Billzilla1974]

My list in no particular order:
Showa King Ghidorah
MechaGodzilla 1974
Shere Khan (Jungle book, 1967 & 2016 versions)
Aku (Samurai Jack)
Frieza (Original fight with Goku)
Alien Mephilas (Ultraman)
Zetton (Ultraman)
Alien Baltan (Ultraman)
Werner Werman (Cuphead)
The Devil (Cuphead)
Smaug
Sharptooth (Land before time, original only.)
Darkrai (Pokémon Mystery dungeon, time/darkness)

[Dawsbfiremind]

Omnius from the Dune universe.

[Noble Saber]

- Big Chap (Alien)
- David 8 (Prometheus/Alien: Covenant)
- Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
- Jungle Hunter Predator (Predator)
- Norman Stansfield (Leon: The Professional)
- Roberta Cisneros (Black Lagoon)
- The Puppet Master (Ghost in the Shell)
- General Hummel (The Rock)
- Big Boss (Metal Gear Solid)
- Colonel Strickland (The Shape of Water)

[Gojira311999]

Gigan all the way!

[Dawsbfiremind]

Managed to come up with a list of the ones I consider the best-written villains.

1- Shogo Makishima from Psycho-Pass. (Easily the best villain ever written.)
2- The Dark Knight's Joker. (A template of sorts. If you want to write villains, watch this.)
3- Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. (He's distinctive for a reason.)
4- Sin from Final Fantasy X. (Final Fantasy bringing more good villains. Sin's unconventional and well-done.)
5- Captain Vidal from Pan's Labyrinth. (And they said it wouldn't work...)

[GodzillaFan1990's]

Augus (Asura's Wrath)
King K. Rool (Donkey Kong)
SpaceGodzilla (Godzilla)

Just to name a few.

[GojiDog]

Might be an odd answer, but I'm going to say Hans Gruber.

He is just so deliciously evil. He's a ruthless murderer and thief, but just enjoys doing it. He gets dressed up for the occasion, he likes to taunt, he loves giving long winded speeches that don't really mean anything, and he likes to toy around with the authorities.

Everything about him is just so classic and perfect.

[Gigantis]

King Ghidorah of course! A sadistic, golden, three headed, two tailed dragon who destroys planets just for the evulz? How can he not be?

Scar from The Lion King would have to be a close second for his cunning schemes, followed up by Frieza being.. well, Frieza.

Also, kinda sorta off topic, but Cthulhu never struck me as a villain. To the eyes of a human perhaps but i always saw him as this gigantic force who was never bound by good or bad concepts. Although i'm sure most disagree with me.

[Terasawa]

Boston's professional sports organizations.

[mikelcho]

I've got two top favorites from mystery and detective literature: Professor James Moriarty and Dr. Fu Manchu.

My top favorites from comics are (from DC Comics) the Joker and the Penguin, (from Marvel Comics) the Leader, MODOK, Doctor Octopus, Doctor Doom and Egghead.

As you can see, I like the smart ones.

[HedorahIsBestGirl]

Boston's professional sports organizations.

You misspelled "New York."

Anyway, I have lots of villains I love. Beyond the most obvious choices (The Joker, Darth Vader, King Ghidorah)...
- Hedorah is my favorite villain of the Godzilla series, in case I haven't made that obvious.
- Max Cady from Cape Fear is probably my favorite cinematic villain. The best part is, both portrayals of him are pretty different and absolutely fantastic. The Robert Mitchum version is probably my favorite, but I liked the pentecostal background of Robert DeNiro's version. Mitchum is more subtly menacing while DeNiro is a raging psychopath who was able to be a lot more vicious thanks to the Scorsese version being a 90s film.
- I like a lot of the Bond villains. Favorites include Goldfinger, Oddjob, Silva, Red Grant, Blofeld (Donald Pleasance version), Le Chiffre, Franz Sanchez, Tee Hee and Baron Samedi (even though he doesn't do much).
- Anton Chigurh from No Country For Old Men is fantastic. Javier Bardem is just an incredible villain actor.
- Lorne Malvo and Lester Nygaard from the first season of Fargo are both fantastic villains.
- Amy Dunne from Gone Girl is up there as one of the most frighteningly realistic sociopaths in all of literature/film. Easily my favorite villainess.
- I think Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul have some of the best villains in television history. Protagonist or not, Walter White is definitely a bad guy, and one of the best fictional characters of all time. Gustavo Fring is fantastic too. So are all of the Salamancas and Todd Alquist. While some may argue he's a tragic anti-hero and not a true villain, I think Chuck McGill is a fantastic antagonist, and

Spoiler:

his bitter sibling rivalry with Jimmy is still one of the defining aspects of Better Call Saul, two seasons after his death.

[tbeasley]

What an odd poll, there's no rhyme or reason to it at all, at least choose from a list like this.

Edit - I decided to redo my list, because why not, based more on the above link.

Count Orlok - Nosferatu
Count Dracula - Dracula
HAL 9000 - 2001: A Space Odyssey
Alex DeLarge - A Clockwork Orange
Jack Torrance - The Shining
The Shark (Bruce) - Jaws
The Alien (Xenomorph) - Alien
The Mutant Fish Thing (Gwoemul) - The Host
Travis Bickle - Taxi Driver
Frank Booth - Blue Velvet
The Joker - Batman: The Animated Series/DC Animated Universe
Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker) - Star Wars
Freddy Krueger - A Nightmare on Elm Street
The Terminator (T-800 Model 101) - The Terminator
The T-1000 - Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Annie Wilkes - Misery
Asami Yamazaki - Audition

[Terasawa]

Boston's professional sports organizations.

You misspelled "New York."

No, that's my least favorite villain. The Boston teams are my favorite.

[ShinGojira14]

The Alien from Ridley Scott's film of the same name.