On July 21 2011 11:27 Stormleaf wrote:
My all time favorite has to be Mithos or yggdrasil from Tales of Symphonia. Such a good villain imo!!
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Random summon: What, you're fighting me 4 on 1? That's kinda cheap. Mithos fought me solo.

I also liked the way he yelled judgement when using that attack. Just the voice tone and way it was delivered was satisfying.

Off the top of my head, I'd have to pick:

Crocodile from One Piece
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It's not so much that he can wreck people straight up, which he can, but all the planning and manipulation he did on top of that. He was the first major obstacle in the manga's story where the heroes didn't just yawn-steamroll him upon their initial meeting. Main character had to engage in some major plot armor to avoid dying - on more than one occassion.

He was planning on taking over an entire country, had thousands of expendable people working for him in a criminal organization (of which less than a dozen knew who he actually was), and he had the country's people publicly calling him a hero while in the shadows he was undermining their entire government and fueling a massive revolt involving hundreds of thousands. If someone random discovered his plan and accused him, nobody would believe him as he pretty much had the entire population on his side.

Dance, puppets, dance.

Someone mentioned Sylar from Heroes. He was a pretty cool villain as well for awhile. Before the writing went to shit and all that.

Gulfstream

United States38 Posts

July 21 2011 10:56 GMT

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To me an effective villain is despicable down into the depths of his mind and his soul, or he's an antagonist with contradictions between some good quality and some awful quality, the latter ultimately winning out.

Claude Frollo from Notre-Dame de Paris. The one from the book, not the horrible cartoon. A devout priest torn between his beliefs and his passion for a beautiful gypsy. Despite Frollo's awful deeds and twisted desires, the author makes you feel torn between pity and hatred for him.

Ellsworth Toohey from The Fountainhead. Definitely the most consistently despicable intellectual I've ever seen, in fiction or otherwise.

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Stavrogin from The Demons. A better embodiment of nihilism could not be created. He's the most sinister, disturbing, disgusting creature you will ever see in a book (and that's without reading what the government censored at the time).

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Mike Hammer (only in the earlier books, especially One Lonely Night). He's always intended to be the hero, but he doesn't look or act like one, and rarely does anyone in the story think he's anything but a villain. He's stubborn, mean, ugly, rough, a ruthless killer--but he does his job and protects his values all by himself, without fail.

rea1ity

United Kingdom385 Posts

July 21 2011 12:30 GMT

#644

Bamm

Sweden279 Posts

July 21 2011 12:31 GMT

#645

Joker <3

dangerjoe

Denmark1866 Posts

July 21 2011 12:36 GMT

#646

While I don't agree with everything he says and does, he's my favorite villian.

CubEdIn

Romania5359 Posts

July 21 2011 12:42 GMT

#647

EASILY Mr. Hyde, portrayed by James Nesbitt. (Jekyll BBC Series)

Sure, he becomes somewhat humane in the end of the series, but such an awesome bad guy.
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Roflhaxx

Korea (South)1244 Posts

July 21 2011 13:31 GMT

#648

On July 21 2011 11:27 Stormleaf wrote:
My all time favorite has to be Mithos or yggdrasil from Tales of Symphonia. Such a good villain imo!!
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wut? There is a villain named after the world tree? :S (See norse mythology)

GreEny K

Germany7312 Posts

July 21 2011 13:39 GMT

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On April 12 2011 01:29 Mattes wrote:
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sooo good

I hate him so much for what he did. And then I remember him on 3rd rock from the Sun.

Servix

Denmark20 Posts

July 21 2011 14:13 GMT

#650

I'm disappointed it took 27 pages before Cthulhu was brought up

Ramsay Snow:
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I dont wish for anyone to ever be a prisoner of his, no matter how deserving it might have been!

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NotSupporting

Sweden1998 Posts

July 21 2011 14:31 GMT

#651

Scrolled through most pages but did not run into this man, hard to believe someone didn't mention him though. My absolute favorite "villain".

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"I over reacted"

noax

Canada150 Posts

July 21 2011 14:49 GMT

#652

My favorite villain is Kira from Death Note

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Wr3k

Canada2533 Posts

July 21 2011 14:54 GMT

#653

Enough said. Bloodsport & enter the dragon, both epic villain.

ATCSurvivor

France33 Posts

July 21 2011 15:01 GMT

#654

Huge Golden sun fan here :p

Outofstims

39 Posts

July 21 2011 15:14 GMT

#655

Best f*cking fight in all manga history!

And from a film...Mhmm, has to be this guy, pure gold! :

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Glorfindel

Italy7 Posts

July 21 2011 15:26 GMT

#656

he, crocodile from OP and Darth Vader

MoonfireSpam

United Kingdom1153 Posts

July 21 2011 15:34 GMT

#657

Not technically a villain from what I can remember but god did he use to wind me up when I watched as a kid.

And this guy was really fun
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Aaand one more from childhood

darkemperor

Turkey725 Posts

July 21 2011 15:46 GMT

#658

Bleach - Aizen Sosuke (perfect villain)

nemo14

United States425 Posts

July 21 2011 16:11 GMT

#659

On July 21 2011 23:31 NotSupporting wrote:
Scrolled through most pages but did not run into this man, hard to believe someone didn't mention him though. My absolute favorite "villain".

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"I over reacted"

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about.

Zazzles

Slovakia153 Posts

July 21 2011 16:19 GMT

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