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Some animated villains just have it coming... Join us as we count down the most satisfying deaths of cartoon characters across TV history! Our picks span across beloved shows, from devious demons to power-hungry tyrants. Whether they fell by karma, sacrifice, or sheer poetic justice, these send-offs were everything fans deserved. Which villain's demise had you cheering the loudest?
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00:00your little friends and go home please welcome to watch mojo and today we're looking at the
00:07deaths of animated characters who we were happy to see go we're leaving off anime and movies oh
00:12and spoilers number 30 costas becker the simpsons police describe the mysterious
00:26as a grim metaphor for a universe without justice this soulless debt collector might not be canonical
00:33in the simpsons verse but that doesn't make his demise any less satisfying in a two-part episode
00:37parodying the coen brothers costas becker serves as the epitome of evil ned flanders is his antithesis
00:44although even he can be led into temptation brian cox gives a chilling performance as costas who
00:49seeks to settle an unpaid debt that traces back to ned's grandfather as costas tells ned that his
00:54grandpa wasn't as clean cut as he thought flanders gets serious money can be lost mr flanders but a
01:01debt never goes away i am coming to collect when you least expect it costas seals his own fate by
01:09chasing after his coveted debt book falling through the ice in typical coen brothers fashion good
01:14prevails and wickedness is drowned in brutal biblical yet grimly comedic ways it's been a long time mr
01:22flanders now will you be paying your debt in money or blood number 29 mikio and mizu's mother
01:30blue-eyed samurai mama you you're alive mizu living under the guise of a male mizu walks the earth in
01:40pursuit of revenge she almost had a very different life however mizu crosses paths with her supposed
01:46mother who convinces her to enter an arranged marriage with mikio a disgraced samurai mizu
01:51gradually opens up to the idea of living a quiet life with mikio who knows what it's like to be
01:55an
01:56outcast once mizu overpowers him though mikio denounces her as a monster you are a monster mikio
02:03leaves her for dead but he didn't count on mizu defeating her bounty hunters while mikio and mizu's
02:08quote-unquote mother both do wrong by her neither accepts responsibility mikio kills the mother while
02:14mizu takes him down without looking back picking up where she left off
02:24number 28 anti-pops aka malum crannus regular show pops is the jolliest soul on regular show
02:32this place and its creatures offer me nothing and i plan to extend the favor by destroying it all
02:40even with his newly discovered powers pop seems ill-equipped to defeat his evil twin brother
02:45anti-pops as it becomes clear that force alone won't save the day pops finishes off anti-pops the
02:50only way he knows how with the power of kindness any last words mitch you know who else goes really
02:58big
02:58to show their dominance but it's actually really small deep down my my oh god oh god one more
03:08specifically a hug as the two brothers spiral through space into the sun
03:20no feelings
03:22mordecai and rigby are sad to see their friend go as are we pops assures them that this is a
03:27happy ending
03:28however pops is at peace and as they approach their final destination so is anti-pops balance
03:34is restored in the universe while pops is rewarded for his sacrifice as he watches his friends below
03:40number 27 king sombra my little pony friendship is magic some villains in my little pony are redeemed
03:47discord being one example every once in a while though the main six encounters a pony who's bad to the
03:52horn such is the case with king sombra who seeks to rule the crystal empire after his first
03:58defeat in season three sombra is resurrected in the final season with some help from some fellow
04:03villains
04:09sombra doesn't want help however he wishes to rule alone which proves to be his downfall
04:15led me right to the source of your power now that it's destroyed nothing can stop me even when the
04:23main
04:24six are seemingly left without powers they're reminded that friendship is the ultimate magic
04:28following some encouraging words from a not really dying discord the main six vanquished sombra for
04:34good sombra really could have used a friend by his side number 26 adam has been hotel
04:40if what you're suggesting is letting them climb up the ladder oh they'd rather cross the pearly gates
04:47well um sorry sweetie but there's no defying their fate adam may be an angel but that doesn't mean he's
04:53not a jerk of biblical proportions not only is he privileged condescending and all-around mean-spirited
04:59but adam leads a genocide against sinners whom charlie morningstar seeks to redeem this builds to a
05:05battle against charlie's has-been hotel and adam's army on extermination day
05:19while the hotel is destroyed adam goes down as well charlie convinces her father to show mercy
05:25practicing what she's been preaching adam nonetheless refuses to accept defeat going off on a tirade
05:31wildcard nifty thankfully puts an end to adam's rant giving him an overdue stabbing and since adam's
05:38blood is yellow instead of red we guess we can show his demise without getting demonetized youtube makes
05:43so much sense your thing there number 25 dr jason woodrew harley quinn pamela jason you two already know
05:56each other before meeting harley poison ivy had written off humanity given her experience with dr
06:09woodrew we can see why a mentor and a lover woodrew took advantage of ivy's trust left her for dead
06:15and
06:15caused the accident that put her on the path to becoming an outcast oh you mean how you trapped me
06:20left me to die too bad it didn't work out that way did it wait wait wait wait pamela calm
06:27down
06:27calm down calm down pamela because of you people said i was a villain that doesn't mean woodrew made
06:35poison ivy however ivy makes it clear that she made herself settling the score with woodrew this
06:41backfires as her attempt to kill woodrew instead turns him into floronic man
06:45i like you better when you're unconscious now with plant powers of his own woodrew proves that
06:53he wouldn't have been worthy of ivy's compassion even if she were open to forgiving him harley
06:58demonstrates what happens when you mess with her girl giving woodrew a pruning are you dead oh you're
07:05dead number 24 infinity ultron what if for a movie called age of ultron the avengers defeated him
07:12fairly quickly the character has a more interesting arc in what if where ultron doesn't just win
07:31he kills thanos in one blow and takes his gauntlet evolving into infinity ultron the evil ai even
07:38becomes aware of the watcher prompting our narrator to challenge him with the guardians of the multiverse
07:43from here i can see everything no one can stop me now while they prevail there's another ultron variant
07:52out there this one is remorseful of his actions leading to an unlikely team-up and sacrifice on ultron's
08:13part remember the saying you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
08:18it works in reverse for ultron who learns the value of life only after destroying most of it number 23
08:25queen
08:26ima primal you can't spell primal without ima one of the most barbaric individuals that spear and fang
08:32ever encountered ima not only preys upon the weak she also finds weaknesses in the strong forcing him
08:39to fight for her the enslaved kamau reluctantly serves ima to protect his daughter kamau breaks
08:47free from his figurative chains by releasing fang from her literal ones a slave revolt eventually erupts
08:53boiling down to a face-off between kamau and his former captor ima is no match for kamau who throws
08:59her overboard she might have seemed invincible but kamau shows that ima was but a mere mortal she
09:04splatters right through another ship dying instantly as her broken body bleeds out on the floor
09:22number 22 the core amphibia for much of the series king andreas is built up as the big bad but
09:29he
09:29should have kept a closer eye on the core the ai entity controlling marcy while andreas is stopped and
09:35marcy is saved the core has a contingency plan that will destroy amphibia with a core by your side you
09:41will need no friends everyone including andreas bands together to stop the core as the moon draws
09:47closer yet it all comes down to anne who summons the power of the stones and the confidence within
09:52herself to prevent amphibia from meeting a majora's mask-esque fate following a tearful goodbye
09:58anne makes the ultimate sacrifice you cannot stop a god and fulfills her destiny by conquering the core
10:07although this isn't the end of her story proving herself a true guardian anne earns another chance at
10:22life number 21 emperor bellows aka philip widdebane the owl house the healing light it shines in nine
10:31hues once known as philip widdebane this human man became consumed with hatred against magic taking on the
10:38identity of emperor bellows he'd bring fascism to the boiling isles secretly plotting to wipe out
10:43witches and demons you did it to him first with his plans foiled bellows reverts to his human form
10:54attempting to manipulate loose into thinking he's reformed even before the boiling rain reveals his
10:59true nature loose isn't buying the act bellows is reduced to what he's always been behind his mask
11:04a pathetic and vile creature while loose doesn't show bellows mercy she isn't the one who finishes
11:10the job she leaves that to eda king and rain who suffered even more from bellows's tyranny as rain
11:16puts it watching bellows get stomped out is extremely satisfying well we ain't
11:24number 20 the grand inquisitor star wars rebels this guy's job description is pretty straightforward
11:31find force users and either convert them or put them in the ground suffice it to say the master of
11:37the inquisitorius fulfilled his quota with utter abandon by the time he came face to face with ezra
11:42and kanan he was a major lightsaber in everyone's side at last a fight that might be worthy of my
11:51time
11:52but ironically it's not the jedi that deals him the finishing blow instead the grand inquisitor decides he'd
11:59rather fall to his death than face the consequences of his actions there are some things far more
12:04frightening than death he says himself that there are some things even worse than death but falling
12:11into an exploding engine still couldn't have felt very nice number 19 orm justice league the spoiled prince
12:18orm took a squabble with a sibling to new depths he usurped the throne tried to flood the surface world
12:24and even targeted his own baby nephew fortunately the justice league stepped in to stop him but it was
12:31up to orm's brother aquaman to defeat the traitor by actually doing nothing please brother help me
12:39when orm is left dangling from the side of a steep ledge all he can do is beg for mercy
12:44from the
12:44brother he just tried to murder instead of lending a hand aquaman reclaimed his stolen trident and then
12:50just sat back and enjoyed the show his inaction definitely rubbed some sea salt in the wound you
12:56did it no we did then the threat is over number 18 simon infinity train since simon let the good
13:07natured tuba be crushed under the train's wheels it would have been oh so sweet if simon met the exact
13:12same fate but grace came in clutch with a merciful last minute save why did you i don't know after
13:23staring death in the eyes simon finally saw the error of his treacherous ways just kidding he immediately
13:29betrayed grace and tried to knock her from the train following all of that it's some serious
13:34karmic justice when he ends up next to a very nasty and soul-eating gom let's just say it doesn't
13:46show simon the same mercy grace did and honestly good riddance number 17 toffee star versus the forces
13:53of evil don't let the goofy name fool you toffee possesses echoes of a dark overlord a shakespearean
14:00villain and a crafty businessman as slick as he is slimy toffee may be the most intimidating foe that
14:08star ever went up against toffee seemingly met his end at the conclusion of the first season
14:13but only his physical form was destroyed
14:21biding his time toffee made a comeback during the battle for muni
14:25his unwavering confidence in the wake of his apparent victory makes it all the more satisfying
14:31when star taps into her muberty form blasting the villain into a gooey pulp
14:47toffee remains self-assured until his grotesque end considering everything toffee put ludo through
14:53it's fitting that he delivers the final blow only i know how this all turns out
15:02it turns out you're dead that's what you get number 16 roland thompson duckman in the name of
15:11lining his own pockets this corrupt businessman does everything in his power to exterminate the cure for
15:16cancer the only catch is that it's inside duckman's brain and as the nation's leading health care
15:22provider i must kill you what follows is something of a literal game of duck duck goose except this
15:28one ends with roland crashing into a delivery truck of cigarettes and succumbing to cancerous smoke
15:33oh and the driving company's name it's literally poetic justice
15:44we're not sure any animated ko spells it out for you quite like this
15:48since he's the one who vetoed a cure in the first place it's safe to say roland's end was
15:53definitely poetic justice
15:55number 15 mr freeze batman beyond originally everyone believed that victor freeze had died as
16:01a villain but in the future technology allows him to come back to life in a new body
16:06freeze genuinely tries to be a better person when he returns and acknowledges all his shortcomings
16:11things unfortunately after his new allies turn on him he builds a new cold suit and tries to get
16:17vengeance freeze how it's something i've kept in cold storage but freeze eventually puts aside his
16:25rage to save the new batman from a foe and when the unlikely allies are both stuck in a building
16:30about
16:30to explode the former villain volunteers to sacrifice himself to save the futuristic hero you gotta get out
16:36here freeze the whole place is gonna go believe me you're the only one who cares the bittersweet
16:44ending was the perfect fit for a character that was as complex as mr freeze number 14 dick hardley
16:51the powerpuff girls most people would abandon their evil plan before it turned them into a giant
16:56radioactive beast but dick hardly is not your run-of-the-mill villain after launching a plan to
17:02make knockoff powerpuff girls he transforms into a giant monster himself hardly initially overwhelms the
17:08main trio get this junk out of here you will give me your chemical axe however professor utonium
17:18eventually convinces the villains knockoffs to turn on their creator on paper having death by an army of
17:23your own greed is just the kind of ironic send-off that's perfect for someone like dick hardly
17:27it's up to viewers to decide if the fact that the entire building exploded into flames afterwards feels
17:33like overkill or not well old dick may have gotten the formula right but the one ingredient he forgot
17:40was love let's go home girls number 13 satan south park the very fact that satan is a recurring character
17:48on a tv show is already absurd i must admit people up here on earth have been doing a lot
17:55of my work for me
17:58maybe maybe maybe maybe it is time i did something for them so it only makes sense that his death
18:03scene is just as bonkers see he doesn't perish by weapons storm or prayer he dies defending the town
18:10from the aptly named man bear pig south park is probably the only show in existence that could get
18:16away with a feral beast wrestling the devil to death satan's dead but somehow that's not even the
18:22weirdest part through some sort of miracle satan himself made it into heaven satan has since made
18:29a comeback although we guess being in a relationship with donald trump is a fate worse than hell number
18:3412 the earth queen the legend of cora despite the unforgivable deeds that he committed a part of us
18:40did shed a tear for amon when tarlock took his brother's life as well as his own it will be
18:46just like
18:46the good old days the same cannot be said about who ting aka the earth queen whereas many of the
18:57other villains in this universe are sympathetic to an extent the earth queen is simply an arrogant
19:02ruler who puts her ego before her kingdom and the rest of the world seize these hoodlums and throw them
19:08in prison until they decide to show proper respect for the crown her oppressive treatment of airbenders
19:14and vendetta against team avatar further fuels our disdain for her that doesn't mean we'd go as far
19:20as zaheer does still there is poetic justice in seeing the airbender take the earth queen's breath
19:25away resulting in arguably the franchise's most graphic death freedom is just as essential as air
19:34and without it there is no life there is only
19:41darkness number 11 xanthiri rapunzel's tangled adventure not only is xanthiri an evil shape-shifting
19:49being with demonic and warlock powers but she also has a serious bone to pick with rapunzel
19:54throughout the final season the sorceress was determined to rule the world with the sun drop
20:00and moonstone but when xanthiri finally gets her hands on the mystical items they ironically do more
20:06damage to her wither and decay and this destiny thanks to the heroine's clever use of rapunzel's
20:14hair xanthiri ends up smashing both the stones right in her own face the ensuing explosion gives
20:20her a one-way ticket to infinity and beyond
20:30but since she's the one who stole the sun drop and moonstone in the first place
20:35this defeat was totally earned number 10 diane simmons family guy after the griffin family arrives
20:42at a fancy mansion they find themselves tangled in a violent murder mystery initially it seems like
20:47anchorman tom tucker is the one responsible for the bloodshed but lois eventually pieces together
20:52that newswoman diane simmons is truly responsible i mean how could she have known you'd be anchoring alone
20:57i mean i mean none of this happened until
21:03she went on her spree just to frame the anchorman that scorned her and was willing to take out lois
21:08to keep her secret safe however stewie's quick actions caused diane to fall to her death her demise
21:15is especially satisfying because the young griffin is usually trying to assassinate his mom himself
21:20the moment is also ironic because lois took stewie out in a simulated world
21:24stewie your reign of terror has come to an end i will not stand by while you make innocent people
21:32suffer
21:32number nine slade teen titans while the vicious slade committed many terrible crimes his worst misdeed
21:39arguably centered around the young metahuman tara the villain forced her to befriend the teen titans so
21:44she could betray them in his name you can't treat me like this can't i who else would have you
21:52my dear
21:53while the pain this caused tara and the teen heroes is immeasurable at least the heroine got back at
21:59the big bad she ends up using her considerable earth moving powers to lash out at her former boss
22:04you can't control me anymore
22:15unfortunately tara's outburst also triggered a volcanic eruption as she made a big sacrifice to
22:21stop the lava slade sunk into the molten liquid although slade wouldn't stay dead forever that didn't
22:27make his defeat here any less glorious number eight silko arcane while silko was unquestionably
22:34a twisted villain he grew to care for jinx after he took her under his dark wings that's what made
22:39his
22:40death strangely tragic his demise came after jinx took him and her very own sister hostage although both
22:46parties tried to appeal to their captor her mental state rapidly deteriorates and she lashes out when the
22:52smoke clears it's clear that silko has sustained fatal wounds
22:55oh no no no i'm sorry i'm sorry i'm sorry he had every right to be furious with jinx in
23:03the end
23:04however silko spent his final moments reiterating how much he loves jinx this probably isn't the
23:10goodbye anyone expected and it's all the better for it don't cry you're perfect silko's final scene
23:20showed that the seemingly heartless man was still capable of love number seven tammy guterman rick
23:27and morty after traumatizing morty and the audience we all cheered when rick turned king jellybean into
23:33well jelly uh no it's cool portal hurry
23:45we have to give this spot to tammy however as our hatred of her was built up over multiple episodes
23:52summer's classmate and bird person's love interest tammy seems like a minor character
23:57not even rick could have predicted tammy being an undercover galactic federation agent
24:02in a lot of ways what i really am is a deep cover agent for the galactic federation and you
24:07guys
24:08are a group of wanted criminals and this entire building is in a certain sense surrounded using
24:12her wedding to assemble the federation's enemies tammy shoots bird person and turns him into her secret
24:19weapon tammy finally gets her comeuppance two seasons later it's highly satisfying that summer
24:24gets the drop on tammy as she betrayed her trust and friendship it's just as gratifying that rick
24:30finishes tammy off having made him go to a wedding among other things and i should have said that one
24:35first number six super shredder teenage mutant ninja turtles throughout the numerous iterations of
24:41ninja turtles shredder has been portrayed as either silly or sinister the 2012 incarnation definitely
24:48leans towards the latter becoming more unhinged each season once he becomes super shredder any humanity
24:55that might have remained in oroku sake is consumed by power and vengeance and last my nightmares will
25:02end for tonight you will finally perish in a reverse of the 1990 ninja turtles movie master splinter falls
25:12from a rooftop to his demise at the hands of his nemesis
25:22the following episode mirrors the secret of the ooze super shredder receives the bombastic send-off he
25:28deserves it's the ultimate final battle that utilizes most of the major characters culminating with leo
25:34avenging his father
25:40it's hard to imagine the franchise ever topping this number five
25:45xiao avatar the last airbender admiral xiao was an arrogant firebender who was willing to do anything
25:51to stomp out his enemies he was so cocky that he killed the moon spirit without considering the
25:57consequences that would bring however xiao didn't anticipate that a young princess would give up her
26:02life to bring the moon back after it returns the ocean spirit decides to take down the firebender
26:07once and for all xiao's enemy zuko actually tries to save the admiral from a dark fate however the
26:13firebending villain chooses to preserve his pride instead of his life and refuses help take my hand
26:26xiao's death became even more satisfying in the legend of korra when we found out he's still paying
26:31the price for his crimes against the spirits i am the moon slayer i will capture the avatar
26:37hopefully we're not trapped in here as long as that guy number four count vlad dracula tepesh
26:43castlevania be it the original nes classic or castlevania 3 it's always rewarding when the player defeats
26:50dracula the standoff against dracula towards the end of castlevania season 2 is every bit as intense as a
26:56video game boss fight while the outcome is satisfying it's also much sadder than we would have expected
27:10overpowering his son dracula is reminded of what he once had and realizes what he's about to destroy
27:17my boy i'm i'm killing my boy repenting for his sins the vampire allows alucard to stake him
27:29rotting away dracula attempts to give his son a hug goodbye but he isn't permitted such a luxury
27:35it's a devastating demise and we wouldn't have it any other way even if dracula does get resurrected down the
27:48line number three bill cypher gravity falls gravity falls had one of the most satisfying finales ever
27:56and bill cypher's defeat is one of the many reasons why creepy funny and relishing in all of the chaos
28:03he
28:03unleashes bill is everything you could want in a villain don't you toy with me shooting star i see
28:11everything ow not again why every time anyone threatens dipper and mabel though they have got
28:18to go on the verge of victory bill convinces ford to let him inside his mind in exchange for his
28:23family
28:24my only condition is that you let my brother and the kids go fine no gregor ford don't trust him
28:34it's a deal bill may be manipulative but stan is the ultimate conman tricking bill into entering
28:43his mind stan punches the dream demon's daylights out while ford fires up the memory gun you idiot
28:50don't you realize you're destroying your own mind too it's not like i was using this space for much
28:55anyway all that remains of bill is a statue leaving us to wonder if he's truly gone for good perhaps
29:02a
29:02mystery for another day number two darth maul star wars rebels we all thought darth maul fell to his
29:09doom in the phantom menace but that wasn't even the half of it the zabrak warrior resurfaces in the
29:15clone wars and meets his final resting place in rebels i will mend this old wound it's only appropriate
29:21that maul's last stand is against obi-wan given their history unlike their previous battles however
29:27this standoff is more like something out of a classic western or samurai duel while maul hasn't
29:33changed much since they last met obi-wan is much wiser
29:52as such obi-wan attempts to impart some words of wisdom until he's given no choice but to draw his
29:59lightsaber learning from qui-gon's defeat obi-wan best small who takes some solace in knowing that the
30:05chosen one will bring about darth sidious's end tell me is it the chosen one he is
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30:37number one aku samurai jack since the first episode this series has been building towards jack defeating
30:45the shape-shifting master of darkness it took five seasons and about 16 years but fans were finally
30:51granted the rousing finale they were promised even with the support of his allies jack's efforts appear
30:57futile against the relentless aku you're nothing but insignificant insects to aku ashi proves to be
31:04the key in her father's undoing as she discovers the power to take jack back to where his journey started
31:10returning to where he first faced aku jack is given an advantage it's a clever solution capped off by a
31:16thrilling final confrontation do not worry samurai you will see me again but next time you will not be
31:26so fortunate as jack plunges his sword at a helpless aku we all take a deep breath knowing that this
31:33long time rivalry is about to meet its heart-pounding conclusion
31:43which cartoon death did you find the most satisfying let us know in the comments
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