League Unlimited's 50 Favourite Villains

[Misanthrope]

The votes are in and the list has been compiled, but before we begin counting down the 50 Favourite Villains on LU, below you'll find the list of those that missed the cut as well as an 'Honorable Mentions' fivesome that I was most surprised to see didn't get into the Top 50.

Those That Missed the Cut

Film

• The Truck (Duel)
• Tuco (The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly)
• Daniel Plainview (There Will Be Blood)
• Mewtwo (Pokemon)
• Colonel Tavington (The Patriot)
• Mick Taylor (Wolf Creek)
• Don Logan (Sexy Beast)
• Bletch (Meet the Feebles)
• The Humongous (Mad Max 2)
• Alonzo (Training Day)
• Clubber Lang (Rocky III)
• Hans Beckert (M)
• Khan Noonan Singh (Star Trek)
• Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
• John Ryder (The Hitcher)
• The Joker (Batman)
• Johnny Ringo (Tombstone)
• Quint (Jaws)
• Jareth (The Labyrinth)
• Reverend Harry Powell (Night of the Hunter)
• Humbert Humbert (Lolita)
• Manny Fraker (Death Wish 3)
• Warden Samuel Norton (Shawshank Redemption)
• Ernest Blofield (James Bond)
• Lots o' Huggin' Bear (Toy Story 4)
• Meredith Smith (Disclosure)
• Mr. Pink (Reservoir Dogs)
• Alec Trevalyen (Goldeneye)
• Loki (Thor)
• Jafar (Aladdin)
• Harry & Marv (Home Alone)
• Ernie McCracken (Kingpin)
• Andrew Scott (Universal Soldier)
• Lefty (Donnie Brasco)
• Michael Myers (Halloween)
• Sheriff of Nottingham (Robin Hood: Men in Tights)
• Damien (The Omen)
• Roy Batty (Bladerunner)
• Cruella De Ville (101 Dalmations)
• Idi Amin (The Last King of Scotland)
• Bennett (Commando)
• Seymour Parish (One Hour Photo)
• Amon Goeth (Schindler's List)
• Little Bill Daggert (Unforgiven)
• Clarence Boddicker (RoboCop)
• Dr. Heither (Human Centipede)
• Judge Doom (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
• The Fratellis (The Goonies)
• Jules Winfield (Pulp Fiction)
• Edwin Epps (12 Years a Slave)
• Patrick Bateman (American Psycho)
• Natalya (Hostel)
• Ivan Drago (Rocky)
• Bill (Kill Bill)
• The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)
• Shooter McGavin (Happy Gilmore)
• Aaron (Primal Fear)
• Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)
• Gordon Gecko (Wall Street)
• Colonel Kurtz (Apocalypse Now)
• John Kreese (The Karate Kid)
• Mr. Potter (It's a Wonderful Life)
• Adolf Hitler (Der Untergang)

Comic Books

• Sabretooth (X-Men)
• Mephisto (The Silver Surfer)
• Reverse Flash (The Flash)
• The Governor (The Walking Dead)
• Darkseid (Superman)
• Mr. Sinister (X-Men)
• Vandal Savage (Green Lantern)

Video Games

• The Flood (Halo)
• Luca Blight (Suikoden 2)
• Seymour Guado (Final Fantasy X)
• Player 1 aka "You" (Many video games)
• Lucien Lechance (Oblivion)
• Pyramidhead (Silent Hill 2)
• Ganondorf (Legend of Zelda)

Novels

• Voldemort (Harry Potter)
• Mr. Goodkind (Charlie Parker)
• Kurt Pilo (Pilo Family Circus)
• Smaug (The Hobbit)
• Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter)
• Artemis Entreri (Salvatore novels)
• The Galaxy (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)
• Randall Flagg (The Stand/The Dark Tower)
• The Shrike (Hyperion Cantos)

Television

• The Daleks (Doctor Who)
• CM Punk (WWE)
• The Janitor (Scrubs)
• Quintus Batiatus (Spartacus)
• The Smoking Man (The X-Files)
• Early Cuyler (Squidbillies)
• Lucille Bluth (Arrested Development)
• Siegfried (Get Smart)
• Majin Buu (Dragonball Z)
• The Borg (Star Trek)
• Petyr Baelish (Game of Thrones)
• Wile E Coyote (Road Runner)
• Triple H (WWE)
• Avon Barksdale (The Wire)
• Frank Burns (M*A*S*H)
• Barry/Other Barry (Archer)
• Megatron (Transformers)
• Pete Campbell (Mad Men)
• Sideshow Bob (The Simpsons)
• Miles Mayhem (M.A.S.K)
• Vegeta (Dragonball Z)
• The Cylons (Battlestar Galactica)
• Edward & Tubbs (League of Gentlemen)

Other

• BunniesMan (League Unlimited)

Honorable Mentions


#5 - Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)

Originally imagined as a replacement to a villain who had to leave early due to getting a role elsewhere, Gus Fring became the iconic bad guy in Breaking Bad as a seemingly mild-mannered fried chicken franchise owner who just happened to be a murderous sociopath.


#4 - Lex Luthor (Superman)

One of the most iconic villains in comic book history somehow managed to only garner a single voter in proceedings despite having been immortalised by such talented actors as Kevin Spacey, Gene Hackman, Michael Rosenbaum, and now Jesse Eisenberg; it's a bit of a shock to see Superman's most well known villain riding the pine with the other also rans.



#3 - HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)

The sentient and rampant AI from Stanley Kubrick's legendary science fiction film somehow managed to miss the cut, despite managing to make a single red light seem like one of the most intimidating things in cinematic history.



#2 - Jaws (Jaws)

An entire generation became afraid to get in the water after Stephen Spielberg's adaptation of the popular novel introduced the fearsome great white shark to the world.


Joined by the man who would hunt him (Quint) in missing the list, I guess it's a sign that we're due another horrifying shark flick sometime soon. Preferably more Jaws than Deep Blue Sea.



#1 - Satan (Various)

The original big, bad guy has been immortalized in countless novels, comics, songs, video games, and films - but managed to pick up just the one vote for any of these incarnations.


Whether you picture him as a goat horned demon, Liz Hurley in a tight red dress in Bedazzled, or Gabriel Byrne getting it on with a mother and daughter - the fallen angel with a thirst for souls has inspired so many villains now that he's virtually the unofficial winner of the countdown.


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Obviously, this five will be my own opinion, so feel free to suggest your five surprises from the list of omissions.​

 

[Apey]

Off to a good start with 7 of mine in the above list. Two from my top 5 :lol:

 

[afinalsin666]

11 of mine didn't make the cut :lol:

The Joker not making it is probably the most surprising for me. Not even top 50? Craziness.

 

[Wizardman]

I admit that I did not vote "The Joker"...but am amazed that the chartacter did not make the cut with the viewing group of LU.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Unbelievable....only five of mine didn't make the cut and none in the Honourable Mentions.

A few of the ten left in my list are a bit "out there" so I am very surprised.

I love the accompanying photo for Satan. :lol:

 

[Game_Breaker]

Phew!
Only 3 of mine missed the cut. I can't believe I was the only one who had Lex Luthor in my list

 

[gUt]

Most of mine gooorne haha

 

[zombie jesus]

10 or 11 in I think, regret not voting for HAL now.

 

[nöyd]

Hmmm I voted for the Joker, but I didn't vote for the Joker, if that makes sense

Interested to see what becomes of this

 

[Game_Breaker]

Hmmm I voted for the Joker, but I didn't vote for the Joker, if that makes sense

Interested to see what becomes of this

If I understand correctly, like me and probably a few others, you voted for a specific Joker from a specific movie (no prizes for guessing which one), not "The Joker" as a DC comics character?

 

[afinalsin666]

Well that makes sense, i did the same :lol:

I also specified a couple other characters.

 

[nöyd]

just wondering who voted for Quint from Jaws and what their reasoning for that is - i was under the impression that he was hired to kill the villain??

 

[Misanthrope]

11 of mine didn't make the cut :lol:

The Joker not making it is probably the most surprising for me. Not even top 50? Craziness.

Nobody voted for comic book Joker (at least, nobody that specified him) but a certain incarnation of The Joker drew a lot of votes.

The one above that missed the cut is Jack Nicholson's Joker.

 

[afinalsin666]

Reading through the list again, god damn Dolores Umbridge was a merkin. I don't think any villain has made me angrier. I mean, i was glad she got gang raped by centaurs. That's pretty bad.

 

[Parra]

just wondering who voted for Quint from Jaws and what their reasoning for that is - i was under the impression that he was hired to kill the villain??

I voted for Quint.

The quest in Jaws is the story for me. The attacks, the town just create the setting for the quest and Quint sets himself up as Captain Ahab. Jaws is a monster - a monster shark doing what monster sharks might do. Quint is a mercenary, but also has underlying reasons to just want to kill. He also foils the actions of the heroes - The Chief & Hooper - when he smashes the radio and ultimately blows up the motor. Leaving them at the mercy of Jaws and having to take the shark on with no means of assistance or escape. In that perspective, I see him as a villain. Same way Captain Ahab is a villain, not so much Moby Dick.

 

[gUt]

Megatron (Transformers)

I don't remember voting for him but damn I thought plenty of others would have

 

[Parra]

I also voted for HAL and I am surprised that this groundbreaking AI villain missed the cut.

I alsovoted for Mr Potter & The Wicked Witch as I see them as iconic villains as well that have been mimicked/copied/paid homage to ever since they were portrayed - but I am not surprised they missed out.

 

[Eddie Lab]

Reading through the list again, god damn Dolores Umbridge was a merkin. I don't think any villain has made me angrier. I mean, i was glad she got gang raped by centaurs. That's pretty bad.

that was my vote. when Stephen King calls her the "greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter." she should be on a list of greatest villains.

yes she got what was coming to her but her actions in the last book/movie show that she didn't learn anything from her Centaur gang rape

 

[Parra]

Looks like a deserving TV villain has made the cut.

 

[gUt]

Yep I hope it's the same one I'm thinking of.