Five Favorite Animated Villains · 12:04am Jan 14th, 2018

I thought I'd attempt to do another top ten list for the time. I'm going for five of my favorite animated villains. By the way before anyone asks, no this isn't gonna fall into Disney territory, I think I'll make another top ten list for Disney another time. So lets get into some my favorite baddies that don't fall into the Disney territory! By the way, there is a lot more than five favorite villains but these were all I could come up with in my head right now.

Number 5!

Balthazar Bratt from Despicable Me 3

This guy is at my number 10 spot mainly because well, to be honest, he didn't have that big of an impact on me like other villains, especially since he's a modern villain. And yeah, I know, he's a gimmicky bad guy, but as far as gimmicky villains go, he's still got some value to him that can be entertaining. His movements and the voice work by Trey Parker, along with just knowing a bit of this guy helps out a lot.

This guy is a walking Retroman, and if you love 80s pop culture, you'll love this guy. He's got shoulder pads, a mullet, parachute pants, white sneakers, fingerless gloves, purple spandex, a sonic guitar, bubblegum, Rubik's cube, cassette tapes, he's got it all! And this guy's on here because to be fair, he's probably the only one who manages to even nearly succeed in his plan. Yeah, he didn't win in the end, but in terms of the other Despicable Me villains, he's the only one who even got close to gaining victory in his plan.

Number 4!

Cad Bane from Star Wars The Clone Wars

First off, he's got a cool costume which I dressed as for Halloween. Second, I really love his voice and his demeanor. He doesn't look like like he's gonna take **** from anyone, and almost every situation this bounty hunter gets in, he always comes out on top. I can't even think of a single time he's failed, outside of one instance in Season 2 of the Clone Wars, but every other time, this guy manages to do really well. And the voice work by Corey Burton just makes this guy even cooler. This is one of my favorite baddies from Star Wars, mainly for the stuff this can do in the series.

He kills people without regret, he goes against his word (which in this case can mean saying people will survive but killing them anyway), this guy just doesn't give a crap about who gets hurt. He's one bounty hunter you can pay, just need to pay him well.

Number 3!

Lord Business from the Lego Movie!

Yeah yeah, I know, this is probably just for my love of the Lego Movie, but really, I love this villain. First off, voiced by Will Ferrell. That's awesome. Second, he's freaking hilarious. Third, I just can't seem to hate this guy. He's a really lovable villain, and lets be honest, there's always some part of us that wants to have order and perfection in a world of insanity and craziness. And that's what stems this guy, he wants perfection in a society that's rebelling against it, but the means of how he's doing it is not what makes it right.

But even with that in mind, he almost succeeds in his plans and he would have if not for our main hero Emmett. And with what they do with Lord Business at the end of the movie and the truth behind him... amazing. I loved it.

He's an entertaining villain for an entertaining film. What else is there?

Number 2!

Tempest Shadow from the My Little Pony: The Movie

What is that I can say about Tempest that everyone else hasn't? She's agile, she's intimidating, she's got a great backstory, she actually succeeds in her plans until the inevitable betrayal, and on top of that, she's a living unicorn without a horn! A real unicorn without a limb, and she's still living! That is awesome!

Number 1!

Megatron from Transformers!

I know, I know, TF fan in me. But there's more than just that. Lets look at his history.

He's the main leader of the Decepticons and is the one who runs the show. The Decepticons have to obey him and his orders or else he'll get mad and probably physically hurt them. And he's proven time and time again that he's not gonna be taking crap from his soldiers. And in almost every mythology and variants that Megatron has appeared in, he NEVER dies. And even when he does, he's always returning in some form. He'll never die, its like one of the number one rules of Transformers; Optimus Prime and Megatron will never die.

And even when Megatron returns, he might either be more powerful, more angry, or probably go batcrap crazy and insane. And maybe hilarious in a Japanese continuation with an English dub!

And on top of that, Megatron's ambition for power and the army he's got by his side is helps this guy. This guy can have the most insane and completely stupid plan, but yet somehow there's someway the Autobots will fall for it. Some of his insane plans may secretly be smart, I don't know.

And a villain who transforms into a gun? This guy was WAY ahead of the Targetmasters.

Overall, Megatron is one of my absolute favorite baddies, and he's definitely someone you wouldn't want to mess with.

Now I know this list isn't much considering its five, but this was all I could think of on the spot. Also, I've got a lot of work to do so... yeah. I do have more favorite baddies, but this was all I could think of the time.