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From fairy tale curses to superpowered schemers, these animated baddies have been giving heroes nightmares for decades. Join us as we count down the most memorable villainesses from film and TV, featuring iconic troublemakers like Maleficent, Ursula, Azula, Cruella de Vil, Harley Quinn and more! Which ruthless queen, witch or mischief-maker reigns supreme in your book?
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00:00Harold, you forced me to do something I really don't want to do.
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the most memorable female villains from animated films and TV shows.
00:14While we're saving anime for another day, we will be including villains who were ultimately redeemed,
00:19so long as they're best known for being bad.
00:21As such, there will be spoilers.
00:24There's no good version of me.
00:27What are you gonna do?
00:30Break the cycle.
00:33Number 30. Eris, Sinbad, Legend of the Seven Seas
00:37Eris may live up to her reputation as the goddess of discord,
00:41but the character is a harmonious fusion of fluid animation and Michelle Pfeiffer's juicy voiceover performance.
00:47That's what I like about you.
00:50So, I'm going to let you live.
00:52But, there's just one little thing you have to do.
00:56Get the Book of Peace and bring it to me.
01:00A master of manipulation, Eris doesn't just treat the other characters like chess pieces.
01:05The world is her chessboard, and she can change the game as she pleases.
01:09Every time Eris appears on screen, you never know what new visual trick she'll have up her sleeve.
01:14You humans are so predictable.
01:18Proteus couldn't help being ever so noble, and you couldn't help betraying him.
01:23But I didn't betray Proteus. I didn't run away.
01:26Oh, but you did betray him.
01:28You stole his only love.
01:31Even if her screen time is relatively brief, she looms over the picture with main character energy,
01:36always knowing how to make an entrance and exit.
01:40Seductive, shadowy, and sinister in a sassy way,
01:43Eris is a force of nature, whether surfacing against the stars or the sea.
01:48Don't play coy with me.
01:51Maybe you can fool these people, but I know who you are.
01:56You're a selfish, unprincipled liar.
01:59Number 29. Ember McClain, Danny Phantom.
02:03Of all the ghosts that Danny Phantom clashed with, few have more fans than Ember McClain.
02:08Once you hear her signature song, Remember, it'll never leave your head.
02:23That's part of Ember's dastardly scheme,
02:26weaponizing her music like a siren luring sailors to watery graves.
02:31If the song is indeed a reflection of her mortal life,
02:34isolation very well might have been the cause of Ember's death.
02:37Nothing distracts teenagers more than hormones.
02:40And I need to keep you busy for the next eight hours.
02:43I have more than just music for you.
02:46Now that they're chanting my name, my music can't affect you.
02:51How about a love song?
02:52Her time as a human may have brought nothing but loneliness.
02:55As a punk rock ghost, though,
02:58Ember commands the stage and all those who chant her name.
03:01The wider Ember's following grows,
03:03the hotter her flame burns,
03:05ensuring nothing but ashes will remain once her voice reaches enough souls.
03:08Even if she's defeated, you won't forget her.
03:11What did you do?
03:13Made some improvements.
03:14Music really adds a whole new dimension.
03:17Well, I love what you've done with the neighborhood.
03:20Let's just turn up the volume.
03:27Number 28.
03:28Magicka Dispel.
03:30DuckTales.
03:31Voiced by June Foray in the original series
03:33and Catherine Tate in the reboot,
03:35Magicka Dispel essentially has the same goal in both series.
03:39To Possess Scrooge's Number 1 Dime.
03:41Oh, such a beautiful idea.
03:44I'm so glad I think of it.
03:46Ah, Scrooge!
03:48You had better be watching out.
03:50This time, Magicka has finally found perfect way
03:54to be stealing Lucky Dime.
03:57At first, it's somewhat vague as to how the dime
03:59is supposed to make Magicka even more powerful.
04:02All we need to know is that she'll stop at nothing to get it,
04:05pulling every deceitful trick in the spellbook.
04:07There is only room in this world for one Magicka to spell.
04:11Thank goodness.
04:13Black as night, trick of light,
04:16it's time you did retire!
04:22Disappear into the night, shadow of mine!
04:26Expire!
04:26In the reboot's continuity,
04:28the dime isn't merely a lucky charm.
04:30It imprisons Magicka,
04:32who still operates from the shadows as she plots her escape.
04:35Once she does,
04:36this sorceress reminds us why few names in the DuckTales universe
04:39conjure more dread than hers,
04:41making the Beagle Boys look like child's play.
04:43How does it feel, Scroogey?
04:49Oh, looks like your family's coming to play!
04:53Say goodbye, McDuck!
04:56Number 27.
04:57Asajj Ventress, Star Wars franchise.
05:00Initially conceived as a villainess
05:02who could potentially appear in Star Wars Episode II,
05:05Asajj Ventress instead made her debut
05:07in Genndy Tartakovsky's animated Clone Wars micro-series.
05:10You are more powerful than I had sensed.
05:14The dark side is strong in me,
05:16for I am Sith.
05:19While that series is no longer considered canon,
05:22Asajj went on to appear in other Star Wars shows,
05:25which is a testament to her staying power.
05:27When reintroduced in the Clone Wars animated feature
05:30and subsequent series,
05:31Asajj has allied with Count Dooku
05:33after losing her Jedi Master.
05:35Count Dooku demands a report on your mission.
05:38Should I tell him they got away, or what?
05:44Despite turning to the dark side,
05:46this Zabrak goes through a fascinating evolution,
05:49from assassin, to bounty hunter,
05:51to traversing both sides of the Force.
05:53She may lean more towards the light
05:55than she did in the past,
05:56but that doesn't mean darkness
05:58no longer dwells within Asajj.
06:00Get in your ship and go,
06:02before we make you!
06:04You can try.
06:05We've taken down, Russ.
06:08So have I.
06:13No cheating.
06:15Number 26, Queen of Hearts,
06:18Alice in Wonderland.
06:19Look up!
06:20Speak nicely!
06:21And don't twiggle your fingers!
06:24Turn out your toes!
06:26Curtsy!
06:26Open your mouth a little wider!
06:34The Queen of Hearts is one of the brattiest Disney villains,
06:38yet also one of the most threatening.
06:40For an offense as minor as painting her roses red,
06:43she'll order your execution without so much as a trial.
06:46Even those who do get a trial aren't entitled to a fair one.
06:49Are you ready for your sentence?
06:53Sentence?
06:54But there must be a verdict first.
06:56Sentence first!
06:57Verdict afterwards!
06:59But there just isn't the way!
07:00All ways of!
07:02Your ways, Your Majesty.
07:05The Queen is like an overgrown child
07:07who has been given unchecked and absolute power.
07:09So, a majority of modern politicians.
07:12The only real rule in Wonderland
07:14is that whatever the Queen says goes,
07:16no matter how irrational.
07:18What do you know about this unfortunate affair?
07:21Nothing!
07:21Nothing whatever!
07:23Nothing whatever!
07:25That's very important!
07:27Jory, write that down!
07:29And since every resident in Wonderland is mad,
07:32they go along with her orders with few questions asked.
07:34The Queen is mad in both senses of the word,
07:37being insane and incredibly angry.
07:40And, uh, what do you say, my dear?
07:45Well, she simply said that you're a fat,
07:47proper, bad tempered old tyrant!
07:50Up with her hand!
07:53Number 25.
07:55Mrs. Tweedy, Chicken Run Franchise
07:57Chicken Run takes on a whole new meaning
07:59when you notice a resemblance between Tweedy's farm
08:02and a POW camp.
08:03We all know what that would make Mrs. Tweedy,
08:06voiced by a downright malevolent Miranda Richardson.
08:08I may finally have found a way
08:10to make us some real money around here.
08:12And what are you on about?
08:14Ridiculous notions of escaping chickens.
08:18It's all in your head, Mr. Tweedy.
08:20The parallels between Mrs. Tweedy
08:22and real-world evils become even more apparent
08:24as she plots to pop her incarcerated chickens
08:27into an oven.
08:28As the chickens execute their great escape,
08:30the hell-bent Mrs. Tweedy emerges
08:32as a seemingly unstoppable force.
08:34Put the ramp down!
08:40You are going to be a die!
08:43While Tweedy is defeated,
08:45not even getting crushed by a barn can keep her down.
08:47She re-emerges years later with a new plan
08:50involving a fast food innovation called Chicken Nuggets.
08:53In a franchise about chickens,
08:55Mrs. Tweedy is ironically the most animalistic and foul.
08:59With my nuggets and your churn of restaurants,
09:03this is going to be a beautiful partnership.
09:08Number 24.
09:09Madame Medusa, The Rescuers
09:11Animator Milt Call supposedly based
09:14this flamboyant villainess's design
09:15on his wife, Phyllis Bounds.
09:17Call and Bounds got divorced
09:19a year after The Rescuers came out.
09:21We're not saying Madame Medusa
09:22was at all the reason for their split,
09:24but the timing is interesting.
09:26You caught Penny sending messages in bottles?
09:32You blundering fool!
09:34Can't you control a little girl?
09:37Shut up!
09:38I am taking the next flight down to Devil's Bayou.
09:42Medusa dreams of a more glamorous lifestyle,
09:45yet she finds herself stuck running a pawn shop.
09:47A diamond called The Devil's Eye
09:49is her ticket to Easy Street.
09:51To reach it, Medusa kidnaps a little girl named Penny,
09:54whom she'll gladly drown to get her payday.
09:57At the next low tide,
09:58I am going to put her down there,
10:01myself,
10:03and keep her there
10:05until she finds it,
10:07and it is as simple as that.
10:10As conniving as Medusa is,
10:12she's a highly satisfying character to watch,
10:15whether commanding her crocodile minions
10:17or doing something as mundane
10:19as removing her eyelashes.
10:20She's a mess,
10:22but a hot mess.
10:23Just look at it.
10:26Filled with power
10:28for its owner.
10:30How many, how many look at it?
10:34I guess...
10:35Hey, that wasn't a very good look.
10:37Number 23.
10:38Lady Deathstrike, X-Men.
10:40No one steals from Lady Deathstrike
10:43and lives.
10:45We saw her trade blows
10:47with Hugh Jackman's Wolverine
10:48on the silver screen,
10:49but this assassin
10:50has been coming into conflict
10:51with her favorite heroic mutants
10:52since the 80s.
10:54I don't want to hurt you, Yoriko.
10:57The name is Deathstrike!
11:00Her first televised incarnation
11:02came in the form of Wolverine's
11:04former love interest,
11:05Yoriko Oyama.
11:06Seeking revenge for the death
11:07of her father,
11:08which she blames on Logan
11:09as a result of his explosive escape
11:11from the Weapon X facility,
11:12Yoriko gets some cybernetic enhancements
11:14to become the fearsome Lady Deathstrike.
11:16I am Lady Deathstrike now.
11:20A living weapon of revenge!
11:22The leader of the cyborg gang
11:24known as the Reavers,
11:25her adamantium lace claws
11:26certainly give this Canadian death machine
11:28a run for his money.
11:29You sure know how to pick'em, Logan.
11:32An old friend.
11:33She wants me dead.
11:35Why am I not surprised?
11:37Number 22.
11:38Angelica Pickles, Rugrats.
11:40Give me my bow!
11:41Well, if you can't be nicer than that,
11:44I guess you'll never see
11:45your dumb old bow again.
11:48She may have softened
11:49near the end of the series run,
11:50but everyone remembers
11:51this spoiled brat
11:52for her villainous nature
11:53and smart aleck attitude.
11:55She could be downright cruel
11:56when it came to the way
11:57she treated the babies
11:58that were so often placed
11:59in her care.
12:00What if it starts growing?
12:02It will start growing.
12:05It'll grow into a whole watermelon.
12:08And it'll get bigger
12:09and bigger
12:10and bigger
12:12and then...
12:14Kaboom!
12:17Due to the complete lack
12:18of parenting she received
12:19from her workaholic mother
12:20and father,
12:21Angelica is portrayed
12:22as selfish to the core.
12:24And she often exploits
12:25Tommy and the gang
12:25to get what she wants.
12:27Now go in the kitchen
12:28and get me some cookies.
12:29But Angelica...
12:30Just do it!
12:32Always lying
12:32and forever craving attention,
12:34Angelica is a perfect example
12:36of how a child
12:36can turn into a little monster
12:38when left without
12:39any moral guidance.
12:40Actually,
12:41we're a little surprised
12:42her parents weren't called
12:42on their failing sooner.
12:44You mean you didn't even know
12:46I run away?
12:48I had no idea.
12:50Number 21.
12:51Don Bellwether, Zootopia.
12:53Congratulations, Officer Hopps.
12:55I won't let you down.
12:56Looks can indeed be deceiving.
12:59When we're first introduced
13:00to Miss Bellwether,
13:01she seems like a sweet,
13:02shy, and clumsy sheep
13:03who's constantly getting
13:04pushed around
13:05by her lion of a boss.
13:06Just call me
13:07if you ever need anything,
13:08okay?
13:08You've always got a friend
13:09at City Hall, Judy.
13:10All right.
13:11Bye-bye.
13:12As we soon discover,
13:13this is the perfect cover
13:14for a conniving megalomaniac
13:15who lacks any empathy
13:17for anyone else
13:17during her rise to power.
13:19Taking advantage
13:20of the tension
13:20between predators and prey,
13:22Bellwether manipulates events
13:23and the citizens of Zootopia
13:25until she's standing
13:26atop them all,
13:27showing herself
13:28to truly be a wolf
13:29in sheep's clothing.
13:30What are you going to do?
13:31Kill me?
13:32Oh, of course not.
13:35He is.
13:37No!
13:38Oh, Nick!
13:40Yes, police!
13:42There's a savage fox
13:43in the Natural History Museum!
13:45Officer Hopps is down!
13:47Please hurry!
13:48And it was an almost flawless plan,
13:50save for one fatal error,
13:52Bellwether's confession
13:53by way of monologue.
13:55It's my word against yours.
13:57Ooh, actually,
13:59and I'll dart every predator
14:00in Zootopia
14:01to keep it that way.
14:02It's your word against yours.
14:05It's called a hustle, sweetheart.
14:07Boom.
14:14Number 20.
14:15Baroness.
14:16G.I. Joe,
14:17a real American hero.
14:18What are your orders, Baroness?
14:21Seize the families
14:22of these G.I. Joes
14:24and bring them to me.
14:27Don't let the tight outfit,
14:28sexy yet generic
14:29Eastern European accent
14:30and good looks fool you.
14:32This villainess is far more evil
14:33than she is beautiful.
14:34And that's saying something.
14:36You have tested it before!
14:38Only on Cobra soldiers
14:40whose wheels are not strong!
14:41Then we'll start with that kid!
14:44As a member of Cobra,
14:45the Baroness is highly skilled
14:46when it comes to combat
14:47and deception.
14:49She's also attracted to power,
14:50which explains why
14:51she and her lover Destro
14:52were always so eager
14:53to step up
14:54and take control
14:54of the terrorist organization
14:56whenever Cobra Commander
14:57was knocked off his pedestal.
14:58She's gone through
14:59many incarnations
15:00over the years.
15:01But each is beautiful
15:03and deadly.
15:14Number 19,
15:15Madame Mim,
15:16the sword in the stone.
15:17Want to fight?
15:18Want to have a wizard's duel?
15:22As you wish,
15:23Madame.
15:24Well, come on.
15:25Step outside!
15:27She may not be
15:27the most intimidating
15:28of villains,
15:29but you have to give it
15:30to Mad Madam Mim
15:31because she stays true
15:32to herself
15:32to the very end.
15:34With a love
15:34for all things wicked
15:35and an abject hatred
15:36for everything good,
15:37especially Sunshine,
15:39Mim is an oddly hilarious
15:40ball of villainy
15:41that's still a pleasure
15:42to watch.
15:42Sounds like someone sick.
15:45How lovely.
15:46I do hope it's serious.
15:49Something dreadful.
15:51That's not to say
15:52she's not dangerous.
15:53With powers that rival Merlin's,
15:55she gave us one of
15:56Disney's most entertaining
15:57and creative battle sequences
15:58with her ability
15:59to shift between
16:00various animal forms
16:01almost instantly.
16:03Anyone who's nearly
16:03barbecued fiction's
16:04most famous wizard
16:05has more than earned
16:06her spot on here.
16:07Boo!
16:08Oh!
16:10You see?
16:11I win, I win!
16:11Number 18,
16:14Hexadecimal, Reboot.
16:15I didn't expect
16:16it to be you.
16:18This is quite possibly
16:20the worst kind
16:20of computer virus
16:21you could get.
16:22As the queen of chaos,
16:23Hexadecimal is prone
16:24to fits of insanity
16:25due to her programming.
16:27Though what do you expect?
16:28Her brother is Megabyte.
16:29Now you wouldn't
16:30be intending
16:31to erase me,
16:32would you?
16:34Oh, come now.
16:36Would that be
16:36any way to treat
16:38family?
16:39Hexadecimal is made
16:40all the more intimidating
16:41by her ever-shifting masks,
16:43which range from scary
16:44to absolutely terrifying.
16:46While she's ultimately
16:47redeemed due to her
16:48interactions with
16:48and deep-seated love
16:49for Bob,
16:50her time as a villain
16:51is definitely a highlight
16:52of this series,
16:53with her sinister traits,
16:54unforgettable design,
16:56and mischievous nature
16:56transcending the dated CGI.
16:58Picture, if you will,
17:01an artist of great talent,
17:04unappreciated by those
17:05around her,
17:07unnoticed by the critics.
17:08Number 17,
17:10Mom, Futurama.
17:13Walt!
17:13How are we disposing
17:14of these crap gifts
17:15they brought me?
17:16They're being crushed
17:17into powder and sold
17:18as a hocus-pocus cure
17:19for cancer.
17:20False hope.
17:21I love it.
17:22This lady has only
17:23one thing in mind,
17:25making money.
17:25As the CEO of a company
17:27that specializes
17:28in the maintenance of robots,
17:29Mom portrays herself
17:30as a kind old deer
17:31that wouldn't hurt a fly,
17:32when in actuality
17:33she's a foul-mouthed
17:34chain smoker
17:35who's not above
17:35beating her sons,
17:36committing fraud,
17:37and even attempting murder.
17:39And when I say
17:40killer app,
17:41I mean
17:42killer app.
17:49Come between Mom
17:50and a business opportunity
17:51and you can expect
17:52some pretty heavy punishment
17:53coming from her end.
17:54We have to give it
17:55to the old gal, though.
17:56She doesn't let her
17:57twilight years
17:58stop her from having fun.
17:59She still gets raunchy
18:00with the equally ancient
18:01Professor Farnsworth.
18:03Filthy, toothless,
18:04nerd bastard!
18:05Damned, she fossil!
18:07Stink, pig!
18:12Number 16.
18:14Natasha Fatale
18:15The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
18:16Darling, will you please
18:18hold this package for me?
18:20Well, I'd plan to leave
18:21in a couple of minutes.
18:22Don't worry, you will.
18:25Sounds like a clock.
18:26Bullwinkle's steel trap mind
18:27had done it again.
18:28It was a clock.
18:29Only attached to 14 sticks
18:31of dynamite
18:32and it was wired
18:32to go off in 30 seconds.
18:34Behind every thick-headed
18:35villainous henchman,
18:36there's a slightly
18:37less idiotic henchwoman
18:38to point out the flaws
18:39in their ridiculous plans.
18:41Natasha simply can't figure out
18:42how to capture
18:43the ever-elusive
18:44moose and squirrel.
18:45Meanwhile, Rocky has started
18:46for a turn around the deck
18:47with Sir Thomas and Lady Alice
18:49who bear a striking resemblance
18:50to his old enemies
18:51Boris and Natasha.
18:52Come on, Sir Thomas.
18:53This sea air is wonderful.
18:55I say, slow down
18:56a bit, old plum pudding.
18:58We must catch
18:59a spot of bread, eh, what?
19:00Okay.
19:01As a spy hailing
19:02from Pottsylvania,
19:03Natasha takes great pleasure
19:04in all the trouble
19:05she and her partner get into,
19:07despite the fact
19:07that they always, always
19:09fail to accomplish their goal.
19:10You have to admire
19:11that level of commitment.
19:13She may not be
19:13the most complex of characters,
19:15but she set the benchmark
19:16for female villains
19:17all the way back
19:18in the 60s.
19:19And you gotta give credit
19:20to the classics.
19:21How can moose and squirrel
19:22take to USA
19:23if there is no moose and squirrel?
19:26Oh, boys,
19:27you are a sly boots.
19:30Number 15.
19:31Catra,
19:32She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
19:33I'd say Shadow Weaver's got
19:35bigger problems right now.
19:37Why are you looking at me like that?
19:39Wait.
19:40No.
19:41I know what this is about.
19:43I knew you'd be weird
19:45about me letting you escape.
19:46I told you it's not
19:47because I like you.
19:48First appearing
19:49in the original She-Ra series,
19:51Catra becomes a fully fleshed out,
19:53or we guess,
19:54furred out antagonist
19:55in the reboot.
19:56Catra is the baddie
19:57we wanted to see go good.
19:59Don't get us wrong,
20:00villainy suits her perfectly.
20:02Yet we know that her descent
20:04into corruption
20:04largely stems from
20:06the betrayal she feels
20:07when childhood bestie Adora
20:08switches sides.
20:09The sad thing is,
20:10I've spent all this time
20:12hoping you'd come back
20:14to the Horde,
20:15when really you leaving
20:16was the best thing
20:17that ever happened to me.
20:20I am so much stronger
20:21than anyone
20:22ever got.
20:24As Adora rises as a hero,
20:26Catra commits even harder
20:27to the Horde,
20:28climbing the ladder of power.
20:30Even after falling
20:31from that ladder,
20:32Catra doesn't believe
20:33redemption or love
20:34are in the cards for her.
20:36When Adora is at her
20:37most powerless though,
20:38it's Catra who reaches her
20:40with a heartfelt declaration.
20:42Catra's journey
20:42comes full circle,
20:44from friend
20:44to enemy
20:45to lover.
20:46I've got you.
20:47I'm not letting go.
20:50Don't you get it?
20:51I love you.
20:53I always have.
20:55So please,
20:56just this once,
20:58stay.
20:59Number 14,
21:01Shego,
21:02Kim Possible.
21:03You don't stand
21:04a chance,
21:05Possible.
21:05It's three against one.
21:07Excuse me?
21:08Okay,
21:09two against four
21:10if you count
21:11the sidekicks.
21:12Honestly,
21:13why do I bother?
21:14If anyone could be
21:15considered the teenage
21:15super spy's equal,
21:16it would be the mercenary
21:18known as Shego.
21:19Serving as Dr. Drakken's
21:20muscle,
21:21Shego is a master
21:22of sabotage,
21:23infiltration,
21:23and taking apart
21:24her enemies,
21:25mostly via the green flame
21:26she's able to produce
21:27from her hands.
21:37Despite working
21:38for the blue-skinned
21:38megalomaniac,
21:40Shego is fiercely
21:40independent by nature,
21:42and isn't above
21:42betraying her employer
21:43or taking out
21:44other villains
21:45for her own ends.
21:46Her driving force
21:47is undoubtedly
21:48the fierce rivalry
21:49she shares with Kim,
21:50a rivalry that often
21:51leads to a lot
21:52of collateral damage.
22:00Number 13.
22:02Fairy Godmother
22:03Shrek 2
22:04She'll make your dreams
22:05come true,
22:06albeit with a few
22:07strings attached.
22:08Sweet pea,
22:10I'm your fairy godmother.
22:11I have a fairy godmother?
22:13Shush, shush, shush, shush.
22:15Now don't worry.
22:16I'm here to make
22:17it all better.
22:19With,
22:20just,
22:21a wave of my magic wand.
22:24The fairy godmother
22:25presents herself
22:25as a legitimate businesswoman
22:27and a maternal figure to all.
22:29Of course,
22:30Prince Charming
22:30is her sole biological child.
22:32As such,
22:33her nepo baby's wish
22:35is the only one
22:35she's truly interested
22:36in granting.
22:37So Fiona and Charming
22:39will be together?
22:41Yes.
22:42Oh, believe me, Harold.
22:43It's what's best.
22:45Not only for your daughter,
22:48but for your kingdom.
22:50To ensure her son's
22:51happily ever after,
22:52she'll commit blackmail
22:54behind the scenes,
22:55with murder also on the table.
22:57All the while,
22:58she'll parade herself
22:59before the public
23:00as a celebrity who cares.
23:02Ironically,
23:02this godmother acts
23:03more like a wicked stepmother,
23:05deceiving others
23:06and ruining lives
23:07for her own selfish gain.
23:09Yet she looks
23:09absolutely fabulous
23:11while doing it,
23:11and has the vocal chops
23:13to stop any show.
23:14Where have all
23:16the good men gone
23:18and where are all gone?
23:23Where's the streetwise
23:25where can be used?
23:27Number 12,
23:29Mother Gothel,
23:29Tangled.
23:30Enough of the lights,
23:31Rapunzel.
23:32You are not
23:33leaving this tower
23:35ever!
23:36Evil mothers
23:37seem to make up
23:38a large chunk
23:38of Disney's villain roster.
23:40Luckily,
23:41fabulous characters
23:41like Gothel
23:42manage to breathe
23:43new life into the archetype,
23:44giving us an antagonist
23:46who thrives upon deception.
23:47Look in that mirror.
23:49You know what I see?
23:50I see a strong,
23:52confident,
23:53beautiful young lady.
23:55Oh look,
23:56you're here too.
23:58After kidnapping
23:59a princess
23:59whose hair contained
24:00healing properties,
24:01Gothel locks her in a tower
24:02and raises her as a daughter.
24:04While Gothel manages
24:05to convince Rapunzel
24:06that the world is cruel,
24:07and that the teen
24:08is safest with her
24:09for most of her
24:10young adult life,
24:11eventually the princess
24:12slips away.
24:13And that's when
24:14Gothel shows her true colors.
24:16Rapunzel,
24:17do you even hear yourself?
24:18Why would you ask
24:19such a ridiculous question?
24:21It was you!
24:22It was all you!
24:24Cruel, vicious,
24:25and not above
24:26imprisoning and murdering
24:27in order to keep her youth.
24:29She won't be winning
24:29any Parent of the Year
24:30awards anytime soon.
24:32Oh, great.
24:34Now I'm the bad guy.
24:36Number 11,
24:37Jynx, arcane.
24:39To some,
24:40Jynx is the embodiment
24:41of anarchy.
24:42To those who've grown up
24:43surrounded by nothing
24:44but anarchy,
24:45she becomes an unlikely
24:46symbol of hope.
24:47I thought
24:49maybe you could love me
24:50like you used to.
24:55Even though I'm
24:57different.
25:05But you change too.
25:06Even Jynx isn't entirely
25:08sure how she'd classify
25:09herself by the end
25:10of Arcane.
25:11In any case,
25:12she spends much
25:12of the series
25:13on the opposite side
25:14of her sister Vi.
25:15When tragedy separates
25:17the orphan sisters,
25:18Jynx becomes convinced
25:19that everything she touches
25:20gets destroyed.
25:21I had a different name
25:22back then.
25:23You know?
25:25Powder.
25:27Stupid, right?
25:29I thought I was
25:30ready for good,
25:31but you kind of
25:34remind me of her.
25:35Taken under the wing
25:36of crime lord Silco,
25:37Jynx descends deeper
25:38into the psychological
25:39trauma.
25:40So much so that not
25:41even her new adoptive
25:42father can control her.
25:43Jynx commits to
25:44watching the world burn,
25:46but from the ashes
25:47of the destruction
25:47she caused,
25:48a chance of reconciliation
25:49between the sisters
25:50may rise.
25:51You don't have to worry
25:52about me anymore.
25:54You don't need to feel
25:55guilty about being happy.
25:57You deserve
25:58to be with her.
26:01Wait.
26:02There's no good
26:03version of me.
26:04Number 10.
26:05Other Mother.
26:06Coraline.
26:07I'm your other mother,
26:08silly.
26:09Now go tell your other
26:10father that supper's ready.
26:12Be careful what you
26:13wish for.
26:14When Coraline first
26:15meets this being from
26:16another pocket of reality,
26:17she seems like the
26:18perfect parent.
26:19Aside from the creepy
26:20button she has for eyes,
26:21she's everything Coraline's
26:23regular mom isn't.
26:24I didn't know I had
26:25another mother.
26:25Of course you do.
26:27Everyone does.
26:29She dotes on her and
26:30gives her everything she
26:31wants, all the while
26:32keeping the guise of a
26:33loving mother.
26:34And then things turn
26:35nasty.
26:36Is that any way to
26:37talk to your mother?
26:38You aren't my mother.
26:41As the film reaches
26:42its gothic climax,
26:43the other mother is
26:44revealed to be a
26:44devourer of children's
26:46souls, using their
26:47greed as bait in order
26:48to ensnare them.
26:49Should that fail,
26:50she's not above
26:51resorting to violence.
26:53Throw in the fact that
26:54her true form is
26:54absolutely horrifying
26:56and you have the
26:57makings of a solid
26:58villain.
26:58You horrible
27:00cheating girl!
27:05Number 9.
27:06Lady Tremaine,
27:07aka the wicked
27:08stepmother,
27:09Cinderella.
27:10Oh please,
27:11you don't think that
27:12I want to...
27:12Hold your tongue.
27:13Presenting the original
27:14lady who pioneered the
27:15wicked stepmother role.
27:16She may not have any
27:17superpowers or even
27:18kill anyone,
27:19but her treatment of
27:20Cinderella and the fact
27:21that she does everything
27:22she can think of to
27:23spoil her happiness,
27:24Lady Tremaine skyrockets
27:25herself onto our list.
27:27You clumsy little fool!
27:29Clean that up.
27:31And then help my
27:32daughter's dress.
27:32Armed with an icy
27:33disposition, sharp tongue,
27:34and determination to
27:35marry her children off
27:36in order to gain vast wealth,
27:38Lady Tremaine's brand of
27:39villainy is a very human one,
27:41and in some ways
27:42is all the more potent
27:43as a result.
27:44After all,
27:44are there many more
27:45despicable things
27:46than robbing a young girl
27:47of a chance at a fairy tale ending?
27:49Yes, just an imaginative child.
27:52Madam,
27:52my orders were
27:53every maiden.
27:56Number 8.
27:57Yzma,
27:57the Emperor's New Groove.
27:59A few drops in his drink,
28:01then I'll propose a toast,
28:03and he will be dead
28:04before dessert.
28:05Which is a real shame,
28:06because it's gonna be delicious.
28:07She's an advisor
28:08with mad scientist tendencies
28:09who'll do anything
28:10to secure herself the throne,
28:12and someone who'll happily
28:13kill off the young,
28:14spoiled emperor,
28:14and practically anyone else
28:16to do so.
28:17To the Emperor,
28:19long live Cusco!
28:21What makes her so different
28:22from the rest?
28:23She is hilarious.
28:24Crank!
28:25Why did I think
28:27you could do this?
28:27This one simple thing.
28:29It's like I'm talking
28:30to a monkey.
28:31Whoa now.
28:31A really, really
28:32big, stupid monkey
28:33named Crank!
28:35Despite having a skeletal figure,
28:36her energy is utterly infectious.
28:38Especially when it comes
28:39to her mass freakouts.
28:41A llama?
28:42He's supposed to be dead!
28:44Yeah, weird.
28:45Sure, she'll use
28:46whatever means necessary
28:47in order to remove you
28:48and get what she wants,
28:50but you can't help
28:51but kind of root for someone
28:52who puts so much gusto
28:53into trying to assassinate
28:54someone else.
28:55It's brilliant,
28:56brilliant, brilliant,
28:56I tell you!
28:57Genius, I say!
28:59Good on you, Yzma.
29:01Never lose that drive.
29:02Oh, and she's also
29:03scary beyond all reason.
29:05And this older woman
29:06who was, uh,
29:08well, how would you
29:08describe her?
29:09Uh, scary beyond all reason.
29:11Yeah, that's it.
29:12Number 7.
29:13Evil Queen Grimhilda
29:14slash Witch
29:15Snow White
29:16and the Seven Dwarfs
29:17Magic mirror
29:18on the wall.
29:20Who is the fairest
29:22one of all?
29:23Setting the trend
29:24for all great Disney
29:25villains who followed,
29:26this queen with a desire
29:27to be the fairest one
29:28of all presented us
29:29with a character
29:29that may be beautiful
29:30on the outside
29:31but is as ugly
29:32as could be within.
29:33Take her far
29:34into the forest.
29:36Find some secluded
29:38lane where she can
29:40pick wildflowers.
29:42Yes, your majesty.
29:44When her huntsman
29:44fails to tear out
29:45Snow White's heart,
29:46this amoral monarch
29:47decides to personally
29:48see to it
29:49that her competition
29:49is silenced,
29:50disguising herself
29:51as an old hag
29:52and supposedly killing
29:53off Snow White
29:54with a poisoned apple.
29:55Oh, they do look delicious.
29:56Yes, but wait
29:58till you taste one,
30:01dearie.
30:02How fitting
30:03that the queen perishes
30:04just as she shows herself
30:05just how much
30:06of a monster she is,
30:08proving once and for all
30:09that beauty
30:09is not just skin deep.
30:16Number 6.
30:18Demona
30:19Gargoyles
30:33As ferocious
30:33as she is tragic,
30:35Demona's spiral
30:35into villainy
30:36was born from
30:37her hatred of humanity
30:38due to the prejudice
30:39that she and her clan
30:39experienced
30:40in ancient Scotland.
30:41Can you forgive
30:42the humans
30:43for what they did
30:43to our kind?
30:44The ones responsible
30:46for that
30:46have been dead
30:47for a thousand years.
30:48Then their descendants
30:49shall pay.
30:51I will have blood
30:52for blood.
30:53When her plan
30:53to rid the castle
30:54of the humans
30:54goes awry,
30:55her fellow gargoyles
30:56are sealed in stone,
30:58including her lover,
30:59Goliath.
30:59As a result,
31:00the hate she harbored
31:01turns into a vicious
31:02and unrelenting
31:03obsession with humanity's
31:04destruction,
31:05a vendetta
31:05that would last
31:06centuries,
31:07all the way
31:07to the modern era.
31:09Now on opposing sides
31:10due to their conflicting
31:11ideals about the human race,
31:12Demona fights
31:13against her former mate
31:14and her clan.
31:15Very well then.
31:17If you are not my ally,
31:19then you are my enemy.
31:23Number 5.
31:25Harley Quinn.
31:26Batman the Animated Series
31:27and the New Batman Adventures.
31:29Knock, knock, puddin'.
31:31Say hello
31:32to your new improved
31:33Harley Quinn.
31:35On paper,
31:36the idea of giving
31:37the Clown Prince of Crime
31:38a girlfriend
31:38could be considered lame.
31:40But that's exactly
31:41what writer Paul Dini
31:42decided to do
31:42in this iconic series.
31:44And Harley went
31:45from side character
31:46to a series favorite
31:47in no time.
31:48And here you thought
31:49I was just another
31:50bubble-headed blonde bimbo.
31:52Well the joke's on you.
31:54I'm not even a real blonde.
31:56Fans were treated
31:56to a character
31:57that can stand on her own
31:58and has a vulnerability
31:59about her
32:00that's scarcely seen
32:01in a villainess.
32:02She enjoys committing
32:03crimes and anarchy
32:04as long as her puddin'
32:05is by her side.
32:06But she's also broken
32:07from all the physical
32:08and emotional abuse
32:09she suffered
32:09at the hands of the Joker.
32:11I know how to make
32:12some smiles, puddin'.
32:19Face it, Harl.
32:21This stinks.
32:22But ultimately,
32:23what would this
32:23awesomely grim cartoon
32:24be without Harley?
32:26Maybe you're a better crook
32:27than the rest of us
32:28put together.
32:29Maybe?
32:31Nah.
32:34Number 4.
32:35Cruella de Vil,
32:36101 Dalmatians.
32:48How best to summarize
32:49the evilness
32:50of this fashion fiend?
32:51Well, she doesn't appear
32:52all that intimidating
32:53at first,
32:54only seeming to care
32:55about what she wears
32:56and making sure
32:57it contains fur
32:57to some extent.
32:58Isn't that a new fur coat?
33:01My only true love,
33:02darling,
33:03I live for furs.
33:04I worship furs.
33:08After all,
33:09is there a woman
33:10in all this wretched world
33:12who doesn't?
33:12But then things
33:13get surprisingly dark.
33:15She pays a couple
33:16of goons
33:16to kidnap dozens
33:17upon dozens
33:18of Dalmatian puppies
33:19so she can skin them
33:20for their spots
33:21and make a new fur coat
33:22out of them.
33:23I want the job
33:24done tonight.
33:25Are we gonna do it?
33:27Any way you like,
33:28poison them,
33:29drown them,
33:30bash them in the head.
33:31If that's not
33:31sickening enough,
33:32just wait until
33:33you get a load
33:33of her road rage.
33:34Honestly,
33:35we still have nightmares
33:36about that face
33:37she pulls.
33:38You fools!
33:40Oh, you imbecile!
33:44Ah, shut up.
33:45Number 3.
33:46Azula,
33:47Avatar The Last Airbender.
33:49My own mother
33:50thought I was a monster.
33:55She was right,
33:56of course,
33:57but it still hurt.
33:58Kuvira from
33:59The Legend of Korra
33:59made her mark
34:00as a dangerous adversary
34:01for the Avatar.
34:02But there's just no
34:03matching the sociopathic,
34:04elitist princess
34:05with a tendency
34:06to set her enemies ablaze.
34:07Azula.
34:08Her disregard
34:09for human life,
34:10impeccable talents
34:10as a strategist,
34:11and combat ability
34:12make her a formidable threat
34:14to Aang and his friends.
34:15Don't you see
34:16what she's doing?
34:17She's just playing with us.
34:18She's not even trying
34:19to win this fight.
34:20Not true.
34:21I'm giving it my all.
34:23You're trying to keep us here
34:24and waste all our time.
34:26Um, right.
34:26I think your friend
34:27just said that, genius.
34:29Plus, her sharp tongue
34:30and viciousness
34:30are as enjoyable
34:31as they are unsettling.
34:33Azula eventually dives
34:34into the realms of insanity
34:35during the final scuffle
34:36against Zuko and Katara.
34:38And that's where
34:39she becomes downright terrifying.
34:41Now, that's how
34:41a true villain
34:42leaves a legacy.
34:52Number 2.
34:53Ursula,
34:54The Little Mermaid.
34:55Yes, hurry home, princess.
34:58We wouldn't want
35:00to miss old daddy's celebration,
35:02now would we?
35:03When the boss is on a roll,
35:04you make sure
35:05to get the heck
35:06out of her way.
35:07Manipulating the sweet
35:08but naive Ariel
35:09into surrendering her voice
35:10for a chance at true love,
35:11Ursula manages to secure herself
35:13the trident of Ariel's father,
35:15the king.
35:15Say goodbye to your sweetheart.
35:18She then imbues herself
35:19with terrifying magical power,
35:21grows to a juggernaut size,
35:23and turns the surrounding sea
35:24into her personal playground.
35:25You pitiful, insignificant fool!
35:34Now I am the ruler
35:35of all the ocean!
35:37If you thought the ocean
35:38was a scary place before,
35:39chances are,
35:40under Ursula's rule,
35:41things would be
35:42a million times worse.
35:43Good thing Prince Eric
35:44knows his way around a ship.
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36:10Gold by silence,
36:12guilt by his prayer.
36:15I am the echo,
36:17you can't outrun the jokes on you.
36:20The blade's begun!
36:25Number 1.
36:26Maleficent,
36:27Sleeping Beauty.
36:28Well,
36:30quite a glittering assemblage,
36:31King Stephan.
36:32It turns out that
36:33excluding this particular sorceress
36:35from a celebration
36:35is a death wish.
36:37The villain who stole
36:38the spotlight
36:39from the admittedly
36:39rather bland heroine,
36:41Maleficent places a curse
36:42upon the infant Princess Aurora,
36:44dooming her to die
36:45by her 16th birthday.
36:47Before the sun sets
36:48on her 16th birthday,
36:50she shall prick her finger
36:52on the spindle
36:53of a spinning wheel
36:55and die!
36:56Fortunately,
36:57a good fairy named Meriwether
36:58reduces the fatal curse
36:59to one in which Aurora
37:00will instead fall
37:01into an eternal slumber
37:02unless she's saved
37:03by true love's kiss.
37:05But back to Maleficent.
37:06This witch is not one
37:07to stand back
37:08and let things play out
37:09without ensuring
37:09they will go her way.
37:11So years later,
37:12when Prince Philip
37:12attempts to rescue Aurora,
37:14Maleficent goes full on Alpha,
37:16transforming into
37:17a demonic-looking dragon.
37:23If it weren't for the meddling
37:24of Meriwether
37:25and her fellow fairies,
37:26this villain would have
37:27ultimately won the day.
37:28Thou sword of truth
37:29fly swift and sure
37:31that evil die
37:32and good endure!
37:36Despite the fact
37:37that the fairy tale
37:38has evil perishing
37:39in the end,
37:39there's no denying
37:40that this villainess
37:41certainly left an impact.
37:43Oh, come now,
37:44Prince Philip.
37:45Why some melancholy?
37:48Who's your favorite
37:49animated villainess?
37:50Let us know
37:51in the comments.
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