Greatest Villain: Nomination Thread

[Pharass]

Villains tend to be among the most memorable characters in any work of fiction. Whether they're complete monsters or more morally ambiguous characters, everyone loves (or, in some cases, love to hate) a good villain.

It's with this in mind, that I've decided to start a tournament in which we will decide who the greatest villain of them all is. Basically, any bad guy from any work of fiction you can think of is allowed in this tournament, so don't hesitate to nominate your personal favorites.

Before we begin: There will be 140 villains and each member can nominate 20 candidates of his choice, how does that sound? I may expand either/or both the list of contestants as well as the amount of nominations if there's interest or if it turns out that it's not enough.

So, then, are you ready? I'll start by nominating my first five:

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  1. Judge Holden (Blood Meridian)
  2. Al Swearengen (Deadwood)
  3. Livia (I, Claudius)
  4. Iago (Othello)
  5. Harry Lime (The Third Man)
  6. Count Dracula (Nosferatu)
  7. Nurse Ratched
  8. HAL 9000
  9. Reagan MacNeil
  10. Majora's Mask
  11. Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
  12. Xanatos (Gargoyles)
  13. Angel Eyes (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
  14. One Eye/Mad Dog (Hardboiled)
  15. Tony Montana (Scarface)
  16. Johan Liebert (Monster)
  17. Vincent (Collateral)
  18. The Terminator
  19. Marlo Stanfield (The Wire)
  20. Daleks (Doctor Who)
  21. Scorpius (Farscape)
  22. The Master (Roger Delgado)
  23. The Master (Pratt/Beevers)
  24. The Master (Anthony Ainley)
  25. The Master (Eric Roberts)
  26. The Master (Derek Jacobi)
  27. The Master (John Simm)
  28. Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
  29. Demona (Gargoyles)
  30. The Four (Planetary)
  31. Fantomas
  32. Count Fosco (The Woman in White)
  33. Horius Parry, Vicar of Rerek (The Zimiamvian Trilogy)
  34. Dr. Mabuse
  35. Russell "Stringer" Bell (The Wire)
  36. Olrik (Blake & Mortimer)
  37. Slade Wilson
  38. Ganondorf (Wind Waker)
  39. The Joker
  40. Frank (Once Upon a Time in the West)
  41. Lady Kaede (Ran)
  42. Rev. Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter)
  43. Dr. Fu Manchu
  44. Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
  45. Captain Nemo (20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea)
  46. Norman Bates (Psycho)
  47. Phillip Vandamm (North by Northwest)
  48. The Huntsman (American Dragon: Jake Long)
  49. Thailog (Gargoyles)
  50. Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
  51. Magica de Spell
  52. Don Karnage (Talespin)
  53. Negaduck (Darkwing Duck)
  54. The Wicked Witch of the West
  55. Bowser
  56. The Cybermen (Doctor Who)
  57. The Weeping Angels (Doctor Who)
  58. The Smiler (Transmetropolitan)
  59. Norman Osborn (Spider-Man, Thunderbolts)
  60. The Green Goblin (The Spectacular Spider-Man)
  61. Sir Crocodile/Mr. 0 (One Piece)
  62. MacBeth (Gargoyles)
  63. Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  64. Yukishiro Enishi (Rurouni Kenshin)
  65. Gauron (Full Metal Panic!)
  66. Colorado (Mackenna's Gold)
  67. Talky Tina (The Twilight Zone)
  68. Frank Fontaine (BioShock)
  69. Ah Jong (John Woo's The Killer)
  70. Hans Landa (Inglorious Basterds)
  71. Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill
  72. Claudandus (Felidae)
  73. Scar (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  74. Saito (Rurouni Kenshin)
  75. Alonzo Harris (Training Day)
  76. The Thing (John Carpenter's The Thing)
  77. Two-Face (Batman The Animated Series)
  78. Proto Man (As Break Man in Mega Man 3)
  79. Akuma (Street Fighter)
  80. Hush (Batman)
  81. Vergil (Devil May Cry 3)
  82. Governor (The Walking Dead)
  83. Askeladd (Vinland Saga)
  84. Lord Gro (The Worm Ouroboros)
  85. Satan (Paradise Lost)
  86. Gordon Gekko (Wall Street)
  87. Max Cady (Cape Fear)
  88. Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
  89. Michael Meyers (Halloween)
  90. Biff Tannen and all of his iterations (Back to the Future trilogy)
  91. Michael Corleone (The Godfather Part II)
  92. Freeza (Dragon Ball Z/Kai/manga)
  93. Ben Wade (3:10 to Yuma 2007 film)
  94. Charlie Prince (3:10 to Yuma 2007 film)
  95. Magneto (X-Men)
  96. Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  97. Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  98. Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
  99. Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
  100. Dr. Robotnik
  101. Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)
  102. Knives (Trigun)
  103. Legato Bluesummers (Trigun)
  104. Yujiro Hanma (Baki The Grappler)
  105. Commander Rehalt Guou (Guyver)
  106. Cell (DBZ)
  107. Captain Vidal (Pan's Labyrinth)
  108. Eddie the Dane (Miller's Crossing)
  109. Purple Tentacle (Day of the Tentacle)
  110. Claudius (Hamlet)
  111. MacBeth (MacBeth)
  112. Makoto Shishio (Rurouni Kenshin)
  113. Sakyo (Yu Yu Hakusho)
  114. Kazuo Kiriyama (Battle Royale)
  115. Tony Wendice (Dial M for Murder)
  116. Eneru (One Piece)
  117. Rob Lucci (One Piece)
  118. Keyser Söze (The Usual Suspects)
  119. Eric Cartman (South Park)
  120. Lady MacBeth
  121. Colonel Bozzo (The Blackcoats)
  122. Porky Minch (Mother 3)
  123. Fassad/Yokuba (Mother 3)
  124. Cyrus (Pokémon Diamond and Pearl)
  125. Geechisu (Pokémon Black and White)
  126. Demon King Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
  127. Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam franchise)
  128. Littlefinger (A Song of Ice and Fire)
  129. Graham Reid Malett (The Lymond Chronicles)
  130. Haman Karn (Zeta Gundam/ZZ Gundam)
  131. Enzyme (Guyver)
  132. Thunderleg (Drunken Master)
  133. Shin (Fist of the Northstar)
  134. John (Drunken Master II)
  135. Sy (The Rebel)
  136. Shodan (System Shock)
  137. Rasputin (Corto Maltese)
  138. Atinous (The Odyssey)
  139. Eurymachus (The Odyssey)
  140. Friend (20th Century Boys)

Finally, if you wish to replace one of your previous nominees feel free to do so. Just don't forget to tell me so that I can make the appropriate changes on the list.

[talonmalon333]

-Count Dracula
-Nurse Rached
-HAL 9000
-Regan MacNeil (If you can call her a villain.)
-Majora's Mask

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Shinobu Sensui (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Xanatos (Gargoyles)
Angel Eyes (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)
One Eye/Mad Dog (Hardboiled)
Tony Montana (Scarface)
Johan Liebert (Monster)
Vincent (Collateral)
The Terminator (from ummmm....you know, that movie that the Terminator is in....ummmm....I think its called The Terminator )

[Dr. Insomniac]

Marlo Stanfield (The Wire)
Daleks (Doctor Who)
Scorpius (Farscape)
The Master (Roger Delgado)
The Master (Pratt/Beevers)
The Master (Anthony Ainley)
The Master (Eric Roberts)
The Master (Derek Jacobi)
The Master (John Simm)
Alfred Bester (Babylon 5)
Demona (Gargoyles)
The Four (Planetary)

[Pharass]

After giving it some thought, I've decided to let everyone nominate up to 20 characters instead, so keep those nominations coming everyone.

A few more from me:

Fantomas
Count Fosco (The Woman in White)
Horius Parry, Vicar of Rerek (The Zimiamvian Trilogy)
Dr. Mabuse
Russell "Stringer" Bell (The Wire)
Olrik (Blake & Mortimer)

[talonmalon333]

Tony Montana (Scarface)

The Terminator (from ummmm....you know, that movie that the Terminator is in....ummmm....I think its called The Terminator )

You mean "Deathstroke the Terminator"?

OHNOWAITHOLDON!

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Speaking of Deathstroke...

-Slade Wilson
-Ganondorf
-The Joker

[Pharass]

A few more that deserves to be included:

Frank (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Lady Kaede (Ran)
Rev. Harry Powell (The Night of the Hunter)
Dr. Fu Manchu

Don't forget to keep nominating, everyone.

[Avaitor]

You seem pretty cool. I can tell that I'll like you already.

We had a game like this back on the old board, but I never finished it, so feel free to do one of your own.

Here's a few of my own nominees:

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea)
Norman Bates (Psycho)
Phillip Vandamm (North by Northwest)
The Huntsman (American Dragon: Jake Long)
Thailog (Gargoyles)
Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Magica de Spell
Don Karnage (TaleSpin)
Negaduck (Darkwing Duck)

[talonmalon333]

-The Wicked Witch of the West
-Bowser

That brings up my nominations to 10, so far.

And out of curiosity, these villains aren't being restricted to one appearance, are they? If so then, for Dracula, I'd prefer his appearance in Nosferatu. And Ganondorf is easily at his best in Zelda: The Wind Waker.

[Pharass]

You seem pretty cool. I can tell that I'll like you already.

We had a game like this back on the old board, but I never finished it, so feel free to do one of your own.

Thanks, Avaitor! It's nice to be here.

To be honest, I actually got the idea to this tournament from you. I used to lurk around on the old board but for some reason I never registered.

talonmalon333: Unless a character's personality and traits varies between each version, all of his/her various incarnations will be lumped together. However, if you specifically want the Ganon from "Wind Waker" and the Dracula from "Nosferatu" to be in this tournament than I can just add those titles after said characters' names.

By the way, wasn't Dracula in "Nosferatu" called Orlock for legal reasons?

[Dr. Insomniac]

The Cybermen (Doctor Who)
The Weeping Angels (Doctor Who)
The Smiler (Transmetropolitan)
Norman Osborn (Spider-Man, Thunderbolts)

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Thailog (Gargoyles)

I was actually meaning to nominate him, but for whatever reason I forgot to do so.

Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Just for clarity, you should probably specify if you're referring to the younger or older brother, though I can assume that you are referring to the younger one.

Anyways, as for some more choices of mine:

The Green Goblin (The Spectacular Spider-Man)
Sir Crocodile/Mr. 0 (One Piece)
Macbeth (Gargoyles)
Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Yukishiro Enishi (Rurouni Kenshin)
Gauron (Full Metal Panic!)
Colorado (Mackenna's Gold)
Talky Tina (The Twilight Zone)
Frank Fontaine (BioShock)
Ah Jong (John Woo's The Killer)
Hans Landa (Inglorious Basterds)- BTW, this has may more to do with Cristoph Waltz's incredible acting than Tarantino's writing for the character (as in, I'm still not a fan of Tarantino's films, but I do think that this is a great villain from one of this better movies)

[Pharass]

Just curious, is there any reason for why Tarantino chose to spell "bastards" with an "e"?

Also, I just realised that I forgot Sgt. Obadiah Hakeswill, so I'm adding him to the list. I haven't actually read any of the "Sharpe" books yet, but Pete Postlethwaite's portrayal of him in the TV-show was magnificent.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

Well....

When asked about the misspelled title, director Quentin Tarantino gave the following answer: "Here's the thing. I'm never going to explain that. You do an artistic flourish like that, and to explain it would just take the piss out of it and invalidate the whole stroke in the first place."

Of course, if you want you could just go with Urban Dictionary's reasonings for why the film has that title. I like their explanations for it.

[Pharass]

Of course, if you want you could just go with Urban Dictionary's reasonings for why the film has that title. I like their explanations for it.

Well, since Tarantino is being delibaretly obtuse, I think I'll do just that.