The top 5 best villains of of all time, according to me, in no particular order.
Darth Vader. (Star Wars)
C'mon, he's an icon! Before episodes 1-3 sullied his name and turned him into a babbling emo kid, he was "more machine than man; twisted and evil". You just don't mess with a man who can choke you from across the room. I suppose Emperor Palpatine is techncally the worse villain, seeing's how he gave the imperial senate a finger of galactic perportions, and made Vader who he ultimately was, but Darth Vader's mask is still the image we all conjure when we think of Star Wars.
Kefka. (Final Fantasy VI)
In my opinion, best FF villain ever. Sure, Kuja murdered an entire planet's worth of citizens, Chaos created a time loop so he could live forever, and Sephiroth...moped around, angsting about his origin, murdering innocent flower girls (I'm sure someone thinks that's pretty neat.)
But, for what it's worth, Kefka will always hold a special place in my heart as the only FF character I truely hate with every fiber of my being. Just hearing his laugh makes me want to punch a baby. It's diffcult to describe to someone who's never actually played FFVI, so I reccomend you go out and do just that, right now! Only then will you know true hatred.
Nikolai Carpathia (Left Behind series)
For those of you not in the know, Left Behind is a series of books that draws inspiration from the book of Revelations in the New Testmant. It takes place in the not-too-distant future, right after the Rapture, and focuses on a group of people left behind (natch) to endure the years of trial before the second comming of Christ. Nikolai Carpathia is quite literally the Antichrist. He murders billions, causes World War 3, and backstabs anyone in his way to power, all with a smile on his face, and a promise for peace and prosperity. He can rip guy's heart right out of their chest, and then convince everyone else in the room that nothing objectionable took place. Later on in the series, he gets assassinated, only to return to life posessed by satan himself. I don't care who you are, that's hardcore.
Spandam (One Piece)
There's a few of you who'd lynch me if there wasn't at least one One Piece character on this list. I had to really think about who it would be. I settled on this guy for a number of reasons. The main one being that I can't think of a single character that touches Spandam's level of jackass-ery. He will do anything in his power to gain the plans to the most powrful weapon known to mankind, and failing that, he will destroy his own men to make sure no one else gets it. He will sit in his high tower, issuing orders to men who could destroy him hundreds of times over, and give himself all the credit. And he likes kicking women. Who are in chains. On the ground. In the stomach. While drinking coffee. He also likes burning history books, and the mothers of those who like to read them.
Giovanni (Pokemon)
Say what you will, but the guy built an empire out of nothing more than bumbling goons and common theives! He reated the most widely known criminal orgazation in that world, along with assisting in the creation of the most powerful pokemon yet known to man; Mewtwo. He also dries his hair with a Swinub.
C'mon, he's an icon! Before episodes 1-3 sullied his name and turned him into a babbling emo kid, he was "more machine than man; twisted and evil". You just don't mess with a man who can choke you from across the room. I suppose Emperor Palpatine is techncally the worse villain, seeing's how he gave the imperial senate a finger of galactic perportions, and made Vader who he ultimately was, but Darth Vader's mask is still the image we all conjure when we think of Star Wars.
Kefka. (Final Fantasy VI)
In my opinion, best FF villain ever. Sure, Kuja murdered an entire planet's worth of citizens, Chaos created a time loop so he could live forever, and Sephiroth...moped around, angsting about his origin, murdering innocent flower girls (I'm sure someone thinks that's pretty neat.)
But, for what it's worth, Kefka will always hold a special place in my heart as the only FF character I truely hate with every fiber of my being. Just hearing his laugh makes me want to punch a baby. It's diffcult to describe to someone who's never actually played FFVI, so I reccomend you go out and do just that, right now! Only then will you know true hatred.
Nikolai Carpathia (Left Behind series)
For those of you not in the know, Left Behind is a series of books that draws inspiration from the book of Revelations in the New Testmant. It takes place in the not-too-distant future, right after the Rapture, and focuses on a group of people left behind (natch) to endure the years of trial before the second comming of Christ. Nikolai Carpathia is quite literally the Antichrist. He murders billions, causes World War 3, and backstabs anyone in his way to power, all with a smile on his face, and a promise for peace and prosperity. He can rip guy's heart right out of their chest, and then convince everyone else in the room that nothing objectionable took place. Later on in the series, he gets assassinated, only to return to life posessed by satan himself. I don't care who you are, that's hardcore.
Spandam (One Piece)
There's a few of you who'd lynch me if there wasn't at least one One Piece character on this list. I had to really think about who it would be. I settled on this guy for a number of reasons. The main one being that I can't think of a single character that touches Spandam's level of jackass-ery. He will do anything in his power to gain the plans to the most powrful weapon known to mankind, and failing that, he will destroy his own men to make sure no one else gets it. He will sit in his high tower, issuing orders to men who could destroy him hundreds of times over, and give himself all the credit. And he likes kicking women. Who are in chains. On the ground. In the stomach. While drinking coffee. He also likes burning history books, and the mothers of those who like to read them.
Giovanni (Pokemon)
Say what you will, but the guy built an empire out of nothing more than bumbling goons and common theives! He reated the most widely known criminal orgazation in that world, along with assisting in the creation of the most powerful pokemon yet known to man; Mewtwo. He also dries his hair with a Swinub.