Top 10 Villains In Animated TV Shows
These villains may be evil but we still think they are cool.
I have loved Disney villains since my first ever Disney movie but I've always known that their T.V. baddies were always a bit lackluster. And then Gravity Falls aired and we were introduced to this geometric nightmare. I have never at any point in my life wanted to see a Disney villain die more than Bill Cipher. He's like the Kilgrave of Disney villains every time he's on screen you want to rip his eye out of its socket but at the same time you don't want him to leave because he's just so much fun to watch. His design is simple but iconic, his voice is spot on and it allows for you to hate him more when he's destroying the world but not seeming to care all that much, and when he did finally die I have never felt more joy and satisfaction in my entire life. Watching this yellow floating triangle disintegrate after being punched in the eye but an old man in his boxers is an image I will never stop loving. Bottom line he deserves to be up there with the best of th people we love to hate.
HAHA! Gravity Falls is one of my favorite shows of all time! I was very sad when it ended. One of my favorite characters in the show was Bill Cipher. Bill is a one eyed triangle guy who is very manipulative and is great at causing chaos. He can also enter people's minds. He entered Grunkle Stan's mind to help Gideo figure out the code to the safe that holds the deed to the Mystery Shack. He also took over Dipper's body so he could steal the journal. He even took over all of Gravity Falls by breaking the rift causing Weirdmageddon to happen. He was ultimately defeated when Stan and Ford tricked him into going in Stan's mind and used the memory gun on him. I was kind of sad when Bill died even though he deserved to. In the form of a backward message, he said "My time has come to burn! I evoke the ancient power that I may return! " Can this mean something? Maybe.
I wonder sometimes why I like Bill so much. I think the reason we think he is cool even though he is not in the show much. The reason is he is directly connected to the mysterys we love so much in Gravity Falls. We were eager to learn more about him because he held all the answers. Even at the end of the show when the Zodiac Wheel's purpose was revealed
Bill, hands down. He's just the incarnation of evil himself, he's a powerful and immortal being, a psychological twisted demon, a violent dealmaker, a cheater, a liar, a killer... the effort Alex Hirsch put in making this character is great.
Top one all the way.
I don't know if I like Rebels better or the Clone Wars. Doesn't matter. Let's talk about The Inquisitor! He had an interest in destroying the Rebel crew aboard their starship known as the Ghost. He has had battles with Ezra and Kanan on several occasions. He worked with Darth Vader and followed his orders. Although, knowing that Vader would give The Inquisitor a punishment worse than death if he kept failing, he chose to fall to his death. Very wise.
MegaSoulHero, I love Clone Wars so much more because almsot every Rebels episode is the same thing, but the Grand Inqutisitor was a great villain.

You can't expect me to make a list about the best villains and not include The Joker. He is The Joker! One of the most memorable comic book villains of all time! Joker is very awesome and in my opinion, the best thing to ever come from the Batman comics.

The shape-shifting master of darkness himself is not only the living embodiment of evil. He's also the living embodiment of everything you need to make a great animated villain. Sinister while simultaneously having a dark sense of humor ranging from his ever-famous "Extra thick! " phrase that has recently spawned a popular Internet meme to his fights with Jack, Aku is without a doubt a memorable and enjoyable antagonist, being one of the best ones in all of animation.
I've only seen a few episodes of Samurai Jack. It was an ok show but the absolutely best character in the show was Aku! Fun Fact: Aku means "evil" in Japanese. So it's very fitting for his personality. He has the ability to shape shift. So he can transform into whatever he wants to. His other abilities include time travel, teleportation, telekenesis, laser eye beams, and others. He is a very cool villain and a very powerful one.
He should be first

When there's trouble you know who to call. Teen Titans! I liked this show a lot and it had some very cool villains. But the best out of all of them is Slade (voiced by Ron Perlman). He tries his hardest to destroy the Teen Titans and take over the world. His reasons were never explained but he is very menacing and a definite threat. He never appeared in Teen Titans Go, however. Teen Titans Go sucks!

Avatar: The Last Airbender was definitely the best show Nickelodeon ever had. As for the movie, oh wait, never mind. There wasn't a Last Airbender movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan. Silly me :p Anyway, Fire Lord Ozai is the ruler of the Fire Nation. He's also the father of Prince Zuko and Princess Azula. Ozai wanted to take control of the world and in order to do that, he needed to destroy the Avatar. He eventually gets defeated when Aang entered the Avatar state. Ozai was definitely the best villain in the show.
I don't get why everyone likes him, he's a one-dimensional villain who doesn't go through any development whatsoever. Azula was much better and Korra's villains like Amon, Zaheer and Kuvira were much better.


A true classic. Maybe not well written. Maybe he almost never gets what he wants. But an iconic villain and sure as hell can be terrifying and when he is well written and gets what he wants, it leads to interesting results. I love Megatron.

Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated. Run by the evil "genius" Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. His goal in life is to take over the Tri-State Area and to do that, he builds a bunch of machines that he calls "inators". Some of these inators are brilliant and some of them are stupid. He also has a habit of installing self-destruct buttons. That is insanely hilarious. His plans tend to fail because he is always stopped by his enemy, Perry the Platypus. Personally, I find Doofenshmirtz to be one of the funniest villains ever. His evil plans can be so bad and fail in so many ways that I can't help but laugh.
Woahwoahwoah... ONLY #9?! No, he's not only the most hilarious cartoon character EVER, he also has a tragic backstory that MAKES him better! Plus, he's an evil genius who can never get anything done, and he's only #9. Yeah, suure.
Why isn't he higher? He and Perry the Platypus are perhaps the funniest nemesis duo ever


Dio is a pure bastard villain!
Dio is super op

Azula is, by far, one of the best villains I have seen. You can sense that she has a complex backstory, and the writers show glimpses of her being vulnerable without taking away her characteristic of being pure evil. She's also cunning and super badass. Let's just say that Avatar got 10 times better when she showed up.

Adventure Time has had some great villains but the one that I think is the best is The Lich (voiced by Ron Perlman). The Lich's main goal is to destroy all life. His overall appearance is very frightening and definitely makes him seem like a threat. Later on in the series, he gets a new personality and becomes an infant by the name of Sweet P.



I really like SpongeBob, or at least I did until season 5 started. One of the things that made SpongeBob so great was Plankton. I find this villain to be very hilarious at times. He tries his hardest to steal the Krabby Patty formula from the Krusty Krab. He comes with these complicated methods to try to get it. These plans often fail. It's either because of poor planning or because Mr. Krabs is always there to stop him. He's such a little guy but still an evil genius. And of course he can't do it without the help of his computer wife, Karen.
In modern Spongebob he is by far the best character. I've always wanted to see him be successful in his business without getting crushed by Mr. Krabs after.
I never knew how far Plankton would go until, the 2004 movie came out and he enslaved Bikini bottom and built a dictatorship.
Yes! Plankton is amazing


Mission: Kim Possible! I really liked this show. It was awesome. I also really like the villain, Dr. Drakken. Drakken is a blue skinned evil scientist who strives for world domination. He is very intelligent and always comes up with inventions to take over the world. He even has a very hot assistant. Shego!

I, Mojo Jojo, will do his best to make his way into the top 5 in order to be known as one of the greatest animated villains of all time! If Mojo Jojo cannot be in the top 5 or at least remain in the top 10, I will just go back to my evil lair and read the newspaper!



He got somewhat tamed down in later seasons, and his first appearance still remains his best, but he still is a charming antagonist on occasions.
He's like the original Bill Cypher!
Discord is the best
He is so funny

One of the darkest and most complex antagonists Cartoon Network has ever created.

One cannot leave out such the most debonair and cunning billionaire human-ghost hybrid antagonist with a tragic backstory and responsibility for some of the most comedic moments in an American animated series created by Butch Hartman, one of Nickelodeon's best cartoonists and one of the WORLD's best cartoonists.