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Whether you love or hate Disney, it cannot be denied that they have come up with some great villainous characters through their movie-making history. This list takes a look at the ten most evil, most repugnant, most vile of evil characters to grave the disney cartoon screen. Be sure to add your own favorites to the comments.
Large, loud and evil come to mind when Stromboli is mentioned. He is a heartless showman who burns his marionettes for firewood when they have grown too old to perform. This puppeteer’s sole passion is money and when he discovers Pinocchio’s potential (a stringless puppet who can sing and dance) he kidnaps him and forces him to work.
This fur loving woman is a danger to all animals. She will do whatever it takes to get her hands on the Dalmations. Anyone who kills cute little puppies to make coats is evil in my books. With a quote like this – how could she not be on the list: “Poison them drown them, bash them on the head!”
This money hungry governor is as greedy as they come. He does not trust the “savages” and as a result sends his men to attack them, as he believes they are hiding gold that he most desperately wants. Even when it is discovered that the Native Americans do not possess these riches, he still declares that they must “sound the drums of war”
The evil sorcerer is seen in his advisor attire in a majority of the movie. However, he goes through quite a few transformations. These include: an old cripple, sultan, cobra and a frightening genie. He pretends to be a faithful advisor to the Sultan in an attempt to steal his throne and rule Agrabah.
The self-centred and wicked stepmother psychologically abuses Cinderella. She ruthlessly toys with the poor girl’s hopes and dreams, treating Cinderella as a slave rather than an equal. In an attempt to prevent Cinderella from attending the grand ball, she locks her away with no chance of meeting her prince. Lady Tremaine successfully manages to inflict extreme suffering on Cinderella without laying a finger on her.
The ruthless leader of the Huns is determined to conquer China. He and his army climb over the Great Wall and invade the land to prove his superiority to the Emperor. Shan-Yu feels no hesitation when it comes to taking a life. Sometimes, for his own amusement, he kills without remorse. This is demonstrated when he asks “How many men does it take to deliver a message?” to which one of his henchmen replies “one” as he aims his arrow at one of two Chinese spies.
This manipulative, lip-pouting octopus has a mean hobby of collecting souls so that they can suffer in misery for the rest of their existence. She manipulates Ariel with empty promises in order to collect her soul and lure King Triton in the process.
The evil brother of Mufasa will do anything to become King of the Pride Lands, even if it means killing his brother and his nephew Simba. Although he only succeeds in murdering Mufasa, he convinces his nephew that it was his fault, leaving Simba to live with the guilt of his father’s death and tells the cub to “run far away, Simba, and never come back.”
When “the fairest of them all” reaches an age where her radiance is fading, she plots to have her stepdaughter Snow White killed and demands that she have her heart to feed on. She even uses witchcraft to transform into an old lady which allows her to give a poisoned apple to a naive Snow White.
Maleficent’s evil knows no bounds as all of her insidious plans are devised out of spite. The malicious enchantress casts a spell on Aurora to ensure that “Before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die.” With her devil-like horns, she is easily seen as the most evil villain of all. If you don’t agree, look up “maleficent” in the dictionary and the definition will be “doing evil or harm”
. I havent laughed so hard for a long time .
June 9th, 2009 at 1:33 am
i despise evil!
June 9th, 2009 at 1:34 am
but i love marshmallows! hehehe *hungry*
June 9th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Nice list
June 9th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Third comment, woah :O i think scar is the evil(est) lol
June 9th, 2009 at 1:42 am
Maleficent is my idol.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:50 am
When I was a kid I used to run around our house doing my Maleficent impression. “You poor, simple fools. Thinking you could defeat me! ME! The mistress of all evil!” The fact that I had a bit of a lisp made me way less scary though.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Scar is awesome!! he should be number 1
June 9th, 2009 at 2:00 am
@Nelia: The lisp would make it more scary, in my book.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:00 am
Yzma from The Emperor’s New Groove deserves a special mention because she is on par with The Queen at the very least, in terms of Pure Evil. She’s power hungry, full of pride and deceit and is probably older than all the villains on this list combined. She also makes an adorable little kitty.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:09 am
What about Evil King John in robin hood?
June 9th, 2009 at 2:13 am
love Ursula!!!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:16 am
URSULA: Have we got a deal?
ARIEL: If I become human, I’ll never be with my father or sisters again.
URSULA: But you’ll have your man, heh heh. Life’s full of tough choices, isn’t it? Heh heh. Oh, and there is one more thing. We haven’t discussed the subject of payment.
ARIEL: But I don’t have-
URSULA: I’m not asking much, just a token really, a trifle! What I want from you is – your voice.
ARIEL: But without my voice, how can I -
URSULA: You’ll have your looks, your pretty face. And don’t underestimate the importance of body language, ha!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:17 am
5 Rising Falls–No, She’s MY idol.
The evil queen from Snow White was my childhood nightmare. She turned the ride at Disneyland into a white-knuckler for me.
Although somewhat comical to my adult perception the Red Queen from Alica In Wonderland wasn’t very kid friendly with her constant “Off with her head!!”.
I knew I wasn’t going jungling if there was a Kaa and Sherkahn to run into.
And the amount of petrified, screaming children at Disneyland, positive that Monstro the whale was definitely gonna eat them is epic.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:21 am
@rising falls: malificient gave me nightmares!!! haha!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:22 am
sorry, maleficent! haha!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Alright I think this needs to be said:
Both lil bitches from Sleeping Beauty and Snow White were asking for it! Come on, these chicks were parading their young beauty in front of old ladies making them feel bad! Its like running around a criple! And Snow White? She was the worst, she actually lived with 7 other men who would do anything for her. Both queens were in their right to f*ck these lil whores up! No respect for their elders, thats what I say!
Scar wasnt that bad! Its a dog-eat-dog world or in their case lion-eat-lion. Simba needed that shit to happen, so he could grow the f*ck up and stop being such a lil pussy!
Shan-Yu is the evilest on this list, that MoFo killed men by the hundreds!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:33 am
All the female villains make me think of Joan Crawford in one way or another!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:48 am
What about Lors Farquaad from Shrek? When he broke of Gingerbread Man’s legs I just screamed and screamed…
June 9th, 2009 at 2:57 am
Number 4, Ursula, scared me more than any of the others — and that was after I was a grown man. I was glad to see her inclusion on this list, but sorry she wasn’t number one.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:01 am
I think that Cruella is the only original great villain in this list. All other villains are similar one to each other (or simply too stereotypical). The reason for I don’t like Disney is just that: apart frome some rare gem, their movies are just a bunch of stereotypes (or ripoffs).
June 9th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Even as a small child, I didn’t like Disney.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:56 am
Loved this list.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:57 am
I personally would have to say that my favorite villian is Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective. I just love Vincent Price.
By the way, have you ever noticed that Disney villians (or any villians for that matter) usually have british accents? What’s up with that? Does it make them more evil?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:01 am
the guy who shot Bambi’s mam?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:02 am
” This list takes a look at the ten most evil, most repugnant, most vile of evil characters to *grave* the disney cartoon screen.”
It probably should be “grace”, but “grave” is kinda more appropriate.
How about Walt Disney as the biggest Disney villain?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:04 am
Who can be more evil than Hades?
and #18, Shrek is not Disney.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:06 am
And the creepiest of them all:
Michael Eisner!
June 9th, 2009 at 4:08 am
Disney is so Evil….
June 9th, 2009 at 4:11 am
Gotta love some Disney evil! I think Scar is the worst of them all. The whole 1st degree murder then marry his wife thing kinda pushes him to the top.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:16 am
What’s with all the Disney lately? I hate it.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:32 am
gremlinmiller- Good call on Hades… can’t get much more evil that the ruler of the underworld (well, at least according to Disney). However, Ursula terrified me as a child. I truly had nightmares about her.
Scar was reeeaaaallly evil, though. Seriously, he managed to cause a drought in Africa. He made all the rivers dry up.That’s an awful lot of evil power for a lion. Scar was essentially global warming in feline form.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:33 am
How can this list not include Madame Medusa from The Rescuers? Madame Medusa kidnaps an orphaned little girl, forces her to dig for a large diamond in a hole that fills with water during high tide and has alligators as henchmen?
Vile, pure evil, malicious and cunning all while trying to act sweet to little Penny. What more can you ask for in a villain?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:41 am
awww no Gaston?
He discredited the intelligentsia by labeling them unstable for daring to speak up, he used fear to incite a riot and start a war against his enemy (who really only had something he wanted), he cared more about his own power over people than their wellbeing… sounds like an evil bugger to me.
June 9th, 2009 at 4:43 am
Man, from Bambi.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:04 am
Frollo, The Hunchback of NotreDame! That guy displays sadistic rapist tendencies coupled with religious perversity! Evil in the guise of good… Ultimate Evil!
June 9th, 2009 at 5:14 am
I love Maleficent! She’s my fave villain XD
June 9th, 2009 at 5:18 am
I agree with every character on the list, but not quite with the order. I am such a huge Disney nerd!! Malificent is my all-time favorite baddy.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Sorry Everybody–gotta woot!
Yayyy!!–My little kung fu guinea pig is here!
Yeah that itty bitty thing over there (avatar) is a guinea pig.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:27 am
33 IndigoMoth –And as we learned from a recent previous list (Hidden symbols in cartoons?) Gaston also incites a whole lot of devil hornery.. lol.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:36 am
No Chernabog from Fantasia? I realize he doesn’t have a huge part, but he is the embodiment of evil, raising an army of zombies from the dead. Plus he’s pretty much the devil, stands a 100 feet tall, and rules the top of a mountain!
June 9th, 2009 at 5:45 am
bahaha… evil… step mothers, gotta hate em’. =P
June 9th, 2009 at 5:48 am
Great list- I loved these movies when I was little, and sometimes sympathized with the villain because I grew tired of the constant, insipid goodness of the heroes. Scar was always awesome to me, intelligent, yet a total badass. Maleficent as well- gotta love the dragon. Great combination.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:54 am
No Disney villain gave me nightmares like Shere Khan.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:55 am
hehe!!! i love disney, although i admit, i’ve never really spared a thought for the baddies.
but i thought the wicked witch from Wizard of Oz would’ve been on here, but love the list
June 9th, 2009 at 5:56 am
Dude, Scar killed his own brother, then traumatized his nephew by making him think he killed his own father, then tried to have him killed too, on top of it all he disrupted the circle of life by destroying the prideland! Absolutely discpicable!!!… he is the most evil by far!
I feel very stongly about this if you can’t tell!
June 9th, 2009 at 6:01 am
No one rolls up a nasty villain like the folks at Disney!
June 9th, 2009 at 6:09 am
I think captain Hook is the worst villian ever…trying to murder small children or capture them for his assumable own pedophiliac needs. what a bastard…
June 9th, 2009 at 6:10 am
I’ve gotta agree with Shameem, Frollo was one of those characters that disturbed me the most growing up as a kid.
Ursula was pretty wicked too.
And definitely a nod to the suggestion of Madam Medusa. She was 10 kinds of insane.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:12 am
First of all, I love Disney but hate their advertising ploys. Bit of a rip, actually.
Glad that Maleficent is number one. She just oozes evil. I would have had Lady Tremaine as second as she is just plain scary looking. And Scar just makes me laugh … so not so evil, there.
Ursula…Funny story about this one. One of my co-workers happens to look a lot like Ursula the sea witch. She is a larger woman and has blonde spiky short hair. We had a company picnic and she showed up wearing a black “tube” top type shirt. She was dubbed Ursula from taht day on. I could never look at her stright again.
38 deeeziner: ummm….I always thought it was a hampster. Sorry about that!
47 Longball: Have to agree with you there. Hook was one creepy guy!
June 9th, 2009 at 6:22 am
Not sure if you count Pixar as Disney, but what about Syndrome? He killed dozens of innocent supers just to get back at Mr. Incredible.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Cruella scared me the most when I was a kid, and Ursuala’s death is the worst (have you ever watched that closely? It’s gross) but I have to say Scar is impressively evil. He’s even worse than Claudius, and without Claudius and the rest of the gang there would be no Lion King.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:36 am
what about the Hopper in A bug’s life
June 9th, 2009 at 6:46 am
never seen sleeping beauty, but the stepmother in cinderella was EVIL!
June 9th, 2009 at 6:59 am
All these guys are pretty mean.
I love Scar though.. The Lion King is my favorite movie, and I just love him. He just scares me SO bad when he says calmly out of the side of his mouth: “Kill ‘im.”
June 9th, 2009 at 7:17 am
I loved Disney movies as kid… I know they a lot of them were rip offs, etc but other choice did you have for escaping into fantasy worlds when you´re 4?
Cruella de Vil is the one that scared me the most as a kid (I think she might scare me even now!). She wants to kill puppies!! Isnt that the very definition of evil? “Poison them drown them, bash them on the head!” SHE´S TALKING ABOUT KILLING PUPPIES!
My all-time favorite Disney villain? Madame Mim from The Sword in the Stone… Not overly evil but funny as heck!
June 9th, 2009 at 7:20 am
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everyday i check in the morning. way to go jfrater!!!!!
June 9th, 2009 at 7:21 am
How can Minster Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame? He was not only a creepy, evil villain but he was also a pervert, as evident in the “Hellfire” song?
June 9th, 2009 at 7:22 am
What about Rasputin from Anastasia?!?! His body was always falling apart, it’s especially creepy when his head is in his chest! That lil bat thing was cute though….
June 9th, 2009 at 7:23 am
What about Rasputin from Anastasia?!?! His body was always falling apart, it’s especially creepy when his head is in his chest! That lil bat thing was cute though…. That dude killed the royal family, little kids, and continues to try and kill Anastasia after finding out that she’s still alive.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Whoops…
June 9th, 2009 at 7:28 am
As a long time Disney fan and memoribilia collector, my favorite Disney villain is Peg Leg Pete. He hates Mickey Mouse. Pure and simple. (Great list, though!)
June 9th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame is the evilest Disney villan. He is a Judge but is torturing Quasimodo, he wants to rape Esmeralda or burn her at the stake, and thinks his actions are justified because they are in the name of God. He has no superpowers, no magic, he is just a man. Which is the most frightening thing.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:37 am
9 Cruella De Vil isn’t evil, she just wants a fur coat. I know its not Nice or PC but its hardly evil unless your some PETA freak or a Dog Lover. Dog lovers can kiss my butt because most of them will happely eat other animal’s but go bonkers if something happens to a bloody dog.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:38 am
Why is “savages” in quotes? That’s what they were.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:44 am
@loves.to.dance: Anastacia was not made by Disney… so Rasputin cannot be part of this list… but yeah, he was a cool villian!
June 9th, 2009 at 7:48 am
On a lighter note how the hell are you supposed to Register? When I click on the link is just get a blank page.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:26 am
It is no coincidence that the top most evil villain is a woman due to their malevolent nature :b
June 9th, 2009 at 8:35 am
I personally woulda put Cruella a little higher up, but other than that, awesome list.
@InfearNO-had the same problem, go to the login link instead and register from there
June 9th, 2009 at 8:36 am
The whole list I kept thinking about Maleficent. I knew she would be here. I was happily surprised by some of the other choices. I would not have even thought of them. I am also loving the add ins I am reading in the comments. Although some of you need to figure out what is a Disney movie and what is not.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:44 am
haha my great-grandma was called Hilda de Vil so I always secretly thought she must be evil…honestly when i was first told her last name (when i was about 6) i thought, oh noooooooo shes gonna eat me. she was actually very nice though.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:53 am
Here’s another top Disney villains list, it’s really good.
You will never guess who’s #1.
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/2786-top-11-disney-villains
June 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am
Hades from Hercules? Oh come on! Evil with style!!
June 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am
What about Frollo? He burned down Paris just because he lusted after a woman whom he considered inferior. Or his incredible “Hellfire,” perhaps one of the most bone-chilling songs in a Disney movie. I would say he was one of the most complex villains Disney ever depicted.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:01 am
I think Rasputin from Anastasia was pretty evil as well.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:08 am
Redcladhero, thanks mate that done the trick
June 9th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I always liked Jafar. Aladdin got on my nerves and the princess always seemed a bit spoiled. I was about 6 when it came out and I was the only little girl cheering for Jafar and Iago. He never really seemed that bad to me…plus I liked his accent
June 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am
You forgot the Horned King from The Black Cauldron … not many people remember that Disney flick from ‘85, but it’s a good one. And the way the Horned King dies is one of the best cartoon deaths ever!
June 9th, 2009 at 9:17 am
Come on The freaking fraking Satan from Fantasia has got to be the most evil villain ever. I mean he is evil embodied.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Hey there. I wasn’t expecting this list to be as good as it is, and there are some great comments too. Cruella would be ranked higher for me – eeeevil old bag!
June 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am
The Disney villains are always so much more interesting than the movies protagonists. If you had to make a list of Disney heroes I think it would be pretty boring, at least in comparison. Although the sidekicks are always good for a laugh.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am
I would definitely say that Ursula is the most evil. Half woman, half octopus sea-witch, who collects peoples souls and uses them as creepy decorations. Messed up.
I definitely think that Frollo should be on the list though, and very high up at that. He upsets me almost as much as religious zealots now do.
and I don’t think Ratcliffe needs to be on there. Yeah, he’s a bad guy, but he’s not the most evil that Disney has created.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Madame Medusa was pretty evil as well.
Jafar owns!
June 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Most of them are laughing, or smiling at least. Seems to me, there´s some fun in beeing an evil villain!
June 9th, 2009 at 9:40 am
# 31 msulli22 – Just switched on my PC 10 min ago after a days work 6-40 pm here at the moment, and you took the words out of my mouth on your 2nd paragraph well expressed.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:55 am
Don’t forget about Darla the fish killer in Finding Nemo.
She kept that aquarium in a constant state of dread and panic.
Not a cartoon , but definitely Disney animation.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:58 am
lol #31….
June 9th, 2009 at 10:01 am
As I said before in an earlier comment, this is indeed an excellent list. But, after going back and reading some of the later comments, I think, dear jfrater, that it could use a little revision by popular demand. Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame should definitely be somewhere on the list. That was one creepy sonofabitch. Might as well also add Shere Khan, Captain Hook, and others. Maybe separate them into different lists: fully human villains, animal villains, supernatural/paranormal villains (like Hades and Ursula), etc. Still, whatever you decide to do, thanks for bringing back some great memories.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
GREAT LIST
Im a huge disney fan
And I agree with the whole list
WONDERFUL
June 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
I want to find good pop music. Help me please.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:12 am
scar is such a great character.
June 9th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Disney… eh
Pixar… now that is where it is at, Disney just pales in comparison with what Pixar is doing. They can’t have a bad movie. I love it. Toy Story 3 is going to be amazing!!
June 9th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Does Michael Eisner count????
June 9th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Cruella left the deepest impression on me by her odd hair^^
June 9th, 2009 at 10:53 am
What about Judge Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame? He’s creepier than Ratcliffe atleast.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:05 am
A thing that makes Ursula a little more weird is that in the original Disney script the reason she is exiled is because King Triton is her brother and she killed his wife- to get closer to him.They cut that out, but on the special edition DVD they have a scene where Triton just kinda stops by to see her and all that is revealed. Not to mention she literally crawls all over him and they almost kiss 0_o
June 9th, 2009 at 11:06 am
The Queen always gave me nightmares, for her cold, narcissistic attitude and her purely evil heart. The fact that she looked like my mum didn’t help the situation any, either.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:10 am
When I was young, I thought the dog catcher in Lady and the Tramp was the meanest man in the world.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:15 am
In response to the comment about PETA, or such dog or cat bleeding heart group, “What I want to know is why it is legal to kill a baby in the womb, but don’t let anyone catch you spanking your dog for pooping on the couch.
People are crazy.
My favorite cartoon villain would be the “White Witch” from “The Chronicles of Narnia”. Evil, sheer Evil.
Did anyone else notice the religious themes in that movie?
June 9th, 2009 at 11:41 am
re Sam:
If you enjoyed the movie you should most definitely pick up the set of books! Also, the relgious element is not a secret. Psst… the lion is God.
June 9th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Scar definitely needs to be 1 or 2, he is extremely devilish (plus one of my favorite disney villains)
June 9th, 2009 at 11:58 am
*religious
June 9th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
yay 3rd comment and now 100th
scar is so scary and disney gives me nightmares hehe.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Oh wow. I just scrolled down this list and realised, as a twenty-five year old woman, I own all of these films on DVD. I’m a dork.
And no Shere Khan or Captain Hook? Gasp!
June 9th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
FROLLO! He was such an awesome creeper.
June 9th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Sorry for the double post, but I’m seconding Judge Frollo. Him and his creepy obsession with Esmeralda …
June 9th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Scar’s cool. And is it only me or does he really behave a tiny little bit… camp, sometimes? hehe..
@nuriko: What? Ya not the first one to comment on such a list?
June 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Frollo was pretty creepy, yes, but he didn’t have that self-confident eccentricity like Ursula or Scar^^
June 9th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
What about the Owl from Rock-a-Doodle. That owl gives me nightmares…..
June 9th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Clayton from Tarzan so far! There was something about him that I always found really creepy, particularly during his final fight with Tarzan… and his unusually un-Disneylike death (he hangs himself on vines, and you can see the shadow of his dangling corpse for a split second). The fact that he’s so slimy towards everyone and comes across as almost charismatic in places doesn’t help. Plus, Brian Blessed’s voice is always a little bit creepy even at the best of times!
Frollo deserves at least an honourable mention. He is the only Disney villain to actually give me nightmares… the scene where quotes from the Bible as he raises a sword to kill Quasimodo whilst silohuetted with fire I still find pretty chilling to this day.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
What about a Disney list of hero’s
June 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
WHAT ABOUT THE WITCH FROM SNOW WHITE???????????????????????? that witch scared the heck out of me!!! i STILL have nightmares
June 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
what about sid from “toy story”? the guy who blows up toys, makes his sister sob hysterically, and is mean to animals? that’s the first sign of a serial killer… i always wanted to punch him in the face.
love the list. maleficent is my idol. she rocks my face off. i love ursula, too. i used to rewind the part where she does her little dance while saying “BODDDY LANGUAGE… HA!” that part always cracked me up while simultaneously making me afraid of back fat.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Re: em
Actually the lion is Jesus.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
112 looser… she’s #2.
and i agree with pretty much everyone, frollo was an absolute creeper. he’d be on the list of people i would place money on that they will one day be arrested for rape.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
what about frollo from the hunchback of notredame (i might have misspelled that) just off the top of my head he is a rapist burns people at stake kills a lady who never would hurt anyone tries to kill her child and keeps her child from society and emphasizes to him that he is deformed and just acts like a dick
June 9th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
ooooooooooh! my bad! wow im an idiot
June 9th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Totally Agree with the order
June 9th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
What about Man in Bambi? (Sure, no humans were ever seen, but…)
June 9th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
re 114:
Thanks for clarifying. Always thought it was God… not that I know the difference really.
June 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Jesus people
Anastasia, Rock A Doodle, Balto, Secret of NIMH, Shrek, Ferngully. None of these are Disney. Just because it is animated does not automatically make it Disney.
ps. Yosemite Sam is not a Disney villain either. I am sure that will be next.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Malificent was scary when I was little, but I rewatched the movie last year and it made me want to kick her. I mean, thorns? Really?! NO.
I think Hades or Ursula are more evil (but they’re also funnier, so I love them anyway), or Scar. When they do wrong or evil just to gain power and rule over the world, means they’re willing to do anything and that’s scary. Wanting to be beautiful, having money? Not so much.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I thought the Disney villians were Michael Eisner, Jeff Katzenberg…….
June 9th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Yank Stromboli and replace with Hades or Frollo (heck, even Capt. Hook)
June 9th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Why isn’t Frollo on the list?! Of all the disney villains, he’s easily the most realistic and thus quite terrifying.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:25 pm
89 Kalebarkab: want to find good pop music. Help me please.
You won’t find any on this list. HTH.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
This list was instantly discredited when it left Frollo out.
Burned a city, tried to kill a baby, lusted after a woman, killed another woman, tried to kill numerous other people, was extremely manipulative towards Quasimodo, and after all this he tries to justify himself a man of God.
June 9th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Half the list are villains in Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2. Great game if you can get over playing with Donald and Goofy. I agree with #124, Hades should be on the list.
Another list idea, Disney villains as ranked by body count. I’m not sure who would “win”. Early Disney movies had no problem killing off characters. I mean think about all the parents Disney kills off, the life expectancy of a parent in a Disney movie is like <10% (complete guess).
June 9th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Sam: Figured the religion thing out did you? Wow, you must have a amazing grasp of the obvious!
List-wise, I’ve never seen any of these. Any of them any good?
June 9th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Wow, a lot of people with their panties in a twist over ths Frollo character… I never watched that movie so I really have no idea who you´re talking about…
June 9th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Anyone else noticed how Scar and Jafar totally resemble each other..?
I agree with everyone mentioning Frollo. He’s so creepily human in his evil business. He should have been included.
And although he’s on the list – let’s not forget Shan Yu; his mere physical appearance and that slow, husky voice (at least that’s the way it was dubbed in my language) so easily commanding murder and destruction were enough to freak me out when I was little. It also doesn’t help that most of the time you only get to see the gruesome results of his violence, like that ravaged town in the mountains – all the more frightening!
June 9th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Miley Cyrus should definitely be here
June 9th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
also 131 LittleNut, Shan Yu is here, hes number 5
June 9th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
133: I knew (and mentioned it in my comment) – he just got pretty much ignored in the comments, poor guy.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
89: you won’t find any good pop music, period. Also Ysma is scary beyond all reason.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Maleficent is the only Disney villain I know of who ever called upon “the powers of Hell”, so I think she deserves the top spot.
June 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
where’s Captain Hook?
June 9th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
wow this is such a deep, relevant and insightful socio-political topic….
June 9th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Ooh, Maleficent! When I was a little girl, they replayed the Disney classics in the theaters. I saw almost all of the older ones – Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, etc. – on the big screen. Maleficent scared the hoo hah out of me, especially when she transformed into the dragon.
Brrr!
June 9th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
How about Oogey Boogey Man, from the Nightmare Before Christmas?
Technically, it is Disney, and I must admit he was one of my all time-favs. The whole neon-lights, casino thing was pretty awesome.
I also have to agree with whoever mentioned Sid from Toy Story…that kid was most definitely a future sociopath.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Great list, missing one that used to scare the crap outta me when i was little, Professor Ratigan from the Great Mouse Detective.
June 9th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Hades should be here! hes my favorite, but i guess technially disney didnt invent him
June 9th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
i’m sorry the greatest disney villian of all time is walt disney himself, transforming himself into a giant child eating robot lusting to feast on elian (the cuban refugee), that has got to be number 1 on the list… oh wait that was robot chicken
June 9th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
@ darkrose. Hmm, I noticed that too… Mind you Disney himself was very narrow minded- some might say racist. Maybe it rubbed off! Either that or the English are better thespians lol
June 9th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
Shan-Yu wasn’t evil, there was a war going on between the Chinese and the Huns. It was the nature of war back then, cruel as hell, but not evil.
PS: As South Park teaches us, the Mongolians were right about tearing walls down, our “Chitty” Walls.
June 9th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
How about Captain hook ?
To me, he really looks nasty
June 9th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Maleficent was my favorite character probably in all of Disney.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
How about Si and Am from Lady and the Tramp? Yeah, minor characters, but they’re cats, so of course they’re as evil as you can get!
June 9th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
How about Sir Hiss from Robin Hood
June 9th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Yeah, I defiantly thought Frollo would be on this list. When I was younger I had noooo idea what he was singing about but when I watched it way later I was almost shocked. XD Frollo is probably one of the most evil.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Awww, I love the Disney lists! Great list here, and great additions in the comments (at least, from those who recognize the difference between Disney and…well…not Disney. BTW, while connected, I consider Pixar to be a separate entity.)
June 9th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
The lion king is hamlet. Scar=Claudius. Think about it.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
How come everytime you put an image up for the list’s icon it is reversed from the picture inside the list?
June 9th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
I think my vote, in the event we were asked to vote, would have to go to Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective. He plans a daring overthrow of the government, ruthlessly kills anyone who speaks against him, is physically powerful (enough to beat Basil), and changes from suave to ferociously terrifying in seconds. If rats were capable of higher intelligence, we’d all be goners.
June 9th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
I think Mufasa should be 2 (or 1), he’s way more evil.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Just a little tweak to the Lady Tremaine entry. Cinderella wasn’t locked in her room so that she could go to the ball. Anastasia and Drizella ripped Cinderellas dress right off her body and thats why the Fairy god mother showed up and gave her an elegant gown. Cinderella wasn’t locked in her room until the prince came to the house with the glass slipper. Lady Tremaine put her in there so that she wouldnt have a chance to try it on. Little did she know that Cinderella kept the other shoe in her apron.
June 9th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Oops, “couldnt go to the ball”
June 9th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
Whoever said Yzma all the way up there ^^^ MAD PROPS! haha
June 9th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Maleficent’s got my vote- though as far as baddies go I once had a thing for Darth Vader, until someone told me about his pink lace panties:)
June 9th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
Queen from Snow White, by FAR the scariest XD Awesome list, disney villains are epic imo.
June 10th, 2009 at 1:12 am
yeah! evil(est) but the question is, why are people still patronizing this kind of entertainment – despite of knowing of these evil characteres? Hmmmm…
June 10th, 2009 at 2:36 am
@anon485: LOL on Miley Cyrus!
June 10th, 2009 at 4:13 am
I thank you for the reminiscence of some of the childhood Disney flicks that I grew up with. Walt Disney was a man of pure genius. So glad that his work in animation lives on.
To me, Maleficent was the scariest villain in all the Disney flicks.
June 10th, 2009 at 5:34 am
hey,
great listing….
never realized how evil disney villains can be,
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June 10th, 2009 at 6:36 am
If you ever want to make a list about most boring lists on this site, you should add this somewhere.
June 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
112 dirtyrockerbarbie–”i used to rewind the part where she does her little dance while saying “BODDDY LANGUAGE… HA!” that part always cracked me up while simultaneously making me afraid of back fat.”
You got that right!!LOLLOL
June 10th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Maleficent is my favorite, I’m so glad she’s number 1!
June 10th, 2009 at 10:54 am
bull shit where is captain hook!!??
June 10th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
how bad
June 10th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
They might be evil but the top 2 are certainly sexy
June 10th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
evil has no limit! what happened to disney!!!!!?????? now its all gay and conformist like! i loved it back when it had its own thing going! but now look at them…..jonas sisters and hannah miley two names! high school nightmare of a musical!!!!! ahhhh! i miss old disney..or maybe i just miss the bad ass viilians of old!!!
June 11th, 2009 at 12:22 am
wow we cant believe we are actually bored enough to read the whole thing
June 11th, 2009 at 8:14 am
When I was younger, (I just finished my freshman year of high school today. And in July I turn 16.) I couldent even finish watching Snow White. That queen just freaked me out. I like, started crying at the part where she turns into the old lady.
Malificant is really cool. She’s one creepy, evil person.
I loved the Lion King, I love Scar’s voice.
Whatever his name is in the Hunchback of Notra Dome never really scared me as a kid. He probibly scares me more now that I understand whats going on in the movie. Except his death I always thought was really scary.
Hey, what about that kid in Toy Story? Pixar is disney. That kid is, like, a toy murderer.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:41 am
Aaaah, there should be a list of all the Disney movies including the word SEX somewhere in the imagery or background.
Although i think Scar should have taken top prize, Mufasa dying has probably scarred me for life.
June 11th, 2009 at 8:47 am
@JAG (173): That list was already done a few weeks ago:
http://listverse.com/2009/05/10/top-10-hidden-images-found-in-cartoons/
June 11th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Hah!
Thanks oouchan, I must say… I still can’t believe how much is always being fed to us subliminally. D=
June 12th, 2009 at 6:24 am
love this list
June 12th, 2009 at 8:48 am
@Travis (16):
haha erm,
I think Travis needs to calm down
June 12th, 2009 at 8:50 am
What about the snake from The Jungle Book? He was a villain wasn’t he?
I remember when I was little it was my favourite film but I would cry whenever I used to see the snake so my mam would have to fast forward past those bits! Haha
June 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am
The most evil of them all has been left off the list. In the movie Fantasia, near the end, there is a very dark scene in which Satan appears and calls the souls of earth to his domain. He is a terrifying image, especially since this movie was marketed for children.
June 12th, 2009 at 11:02 am
You missed the Master Control Program (MCP) from TRON.
June 12th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
i definately agree with frollo he totally creeps me out but i also afree that clayton from tarzan should be on this list somewhere
June 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
No Frollo?
June 12th, 2009 at 5:33 pm
I have to agree that Frollo should be included in the list, number one even.
An ordinary man who seems capable of genocide or a massacre.
June 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Maleficent comes from Latin words meaning “Misfortune brought upon by a witch” or something along those lines.
June 13th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
To those of you who wondered why Frollo and Madame Medusa were not on the list, I agree that they should be included. They are ordinary people, which makes it easier to find people like them in real life; that’s much more terrifying.
I also questioned Chernabog’s (last musical number in “Fantasia”) absence from this list. He is the epitome of evil; the others are small potatoes compared to the mighty Devil.
June 14th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
“Run away and *never return.”
June 15th, 2009 at 1:00 am
what? no chernabog?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernabog
June 16th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Scar, Cruella, great picks.
Gaston should be on the list too.
June 16th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Michael Eisner.
June 16th, 2009 at 7:33 am
you are forgetting that maleficient has a slightly greenish tint to her skin, that just screams evil to me
June 16th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Going down the list, I kept wondering, where is Maleficent? Glad she was number 1. Can you imagine killing someone’s little girl, just because you weren’t invited to a party? Pretty evil…
June 16th, 2009 at 10:11 am
Doesn’t anyone notice that Minney Mouse is just Mickey in Drag. There is no Minney Mouse, its just Mickey with a bow and dress.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
What about Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame? He actually has a song in the movie about wanting to rape Esmeralda. That’s pretty evil.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
what about the horned king from the black cauldron? He is deffaintely one of the scariest disney villians
June 19th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
@deeeziner (165): LOL! i know, i remember watching that thinking, “all right fat people are evil. never be fat.” i was a warped little 5 year old fucker, lol.
June 19th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I know I’m a day late and a buck short, but I figure, why not?
155 Ayeshaa: You and I must have been the only ones to catch that Lady Tremaine error, although I would point out the Prince did not come to their house, it was the Duke. Why am I so sure? It’s on right now, and has been for a few weeks. My 3 year old can’t get enough of Cinderella.
Which brings me to two funny things. First, in Cinderella, in the opening song for the movie, they sing “Cinderella… you’re as lovely as your name…” What exactly is so lovely about the name Cinderella? In the Disney version, they make like she was actually christened with the name Cinderella, and it wasn’t a derogatory name given for her being covered in cinders from cleaning all the time… Lovely name indeed!
Also, Maleficent: anyone catching the fact that the whole reason she’s put the spell on Sleeping Beauty in the first place is because they didn’t invite her to their party? Imagine! 16 years of seething over not getting invited. Why couldn’t she just throw a party and not invite them? That would show them! No no no, if you snub me for a social gathering, I am taking out your first born child, no exceptions. They had much stricter rules of etiquette back then. Anything less than homicide would be gauche.
Yup, there’s my rant…
June 22nd, 2009 at 9:26 am
this list is pretty much perfect. ‘cept i think hades would be a pretty good addition – he’s hilarious
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Isn’t it odd how six of these stories were folk tales or fabbles before even Walt Disney himself was even born, but now they’re all filled with “Disney characters”? Disney appropriates stories, reworks them so that they’re no longer public domain (watered down to an insipid shadow of their original forms) and convinces the world at large that they’re “Disney properties”? The ghosts of Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm, Carlo Collodi, Hans Christian Anderson, Helen Aberson, Kenneth Grahame,Dodie Smith, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Washington Irving, Rudyard Kipling, T.H. White and Felix Salten should all rise from their graves and haunt the Disney board of directors and their descendants forever.
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:31 pm
@Nunuv Yerbizness (198):
Isn’t it odd how six of these stories were folk tales or fabbles before even Walt Disney himself was even born
Actually, that was his whole mission. He sought to make these stories universally known. Although, they already are to an extent, as there are similar versions of many of these stories in different cultures.
Disney quotes:
“Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.”
“Cartoon animation offers a medium of storytelling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.”
I can’t find the direct quote discussing his feature length animated films but these two essentially say what the other was saying: spread ideas (but what I remember him talking about in the quote I was trying to find regarded childhood stories) en masse through cartoon animation.
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:27 am
@gabi319 (199): gabi, the problem with Disney was his penchant for taking well known childrens literature and faery tales and turning them into “everyone lives happily ever after” pap. I’m talking about stories every well read, or well read to, child knows by heart.
Take, for example, The Little Mermaid. In the original story, the little mermaid saves the prince from drowning after a shipwreck, and falls in love with him. She bargains with an underwater witch for a potion to give her legs in trade for her beautiful voice, and has one year to get the prince to fall in love with her, or she will turn into sea foam and cease to exist…there are a lot of other complications with the legs, but she is willing to put up with the pain for the chance at human love.
The prince does not fall for her, but marries the princess he is in love with (and supposed to marry), and the little mermaid turns into sea foam and dies.
Of course, in the Disney version, she enraptures the prince, who marries her and somehow her voice is magically returned.
My children were livid. They had all read all of the Hans Christian Andersen tales and knew what was supposed to happen. I believe it was the last Disney film based on a faery tale that they wanted to see.
Disney overplayed his hand when he took traditional works and changed them to suit his style. Even the youngest child knows that everything in life isn’t fair. Pretending that it is, especially when half of your audience has probably read the original work, is just a bad idea.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:57 am
@segues (200):
There’s a difference between Walt Disney the person and Disney the corporation. While they did carry on the bare bones of his mission statement, I do agree with you that many of classic tales have been altered far beyond the boundaries of artistic license. As a whole, I’m not pleased with what Disney is today. My cousins’ babies (most are around the 5-10 range) enjoy parties and games of Pretend to be Disney Princesses in which, IMO, they act like simpering, submissive idiots. Not exactly the role models I want them to take after (is my ego showing too much when I proudly say one of my younger cousins followed my footsteps into music and also the strong work ethic in the “earn your own things” attitude of working a crap job straight out of high school and probably will continue that into college? In addition to the volunteering and the tutoring (although she gets tutored instead of does the tutoring)? She’s a decent kid with a good, sensible head on her shoulders. I worry about the Disney-obsessed ones). And the recent Disney movies in general are far too…superficial, for lack of a kinder word. Stories like Pixar’s Finding Nemo are getting harsh criticism for being “Too Adult” for kids movies but when is unseen references of death (something that is such a natural part of the life cycle) ever ‘too adult’ for kids? Death isn’t something only adults face. Sometimes I think it’s not the kids who aren’t adult enough for these themes but the adults who aren’t adult enough be able to discuss these tough topics with those kids.
Interesting tidbit about The Little Mermaid: it wasn’t Walt Disney’s version. He had tried to create this movie when he was alive and it never made it to production because the business execs thought the proposed story was too dark (dark for the same company that during Walt Disney’s active role in it had produced the likes of Pinocchio and Bambi). It’s likely that artistic liberties were taken with this as well. After all Disney’s Snow White had some alterations made to it as well even if it stayed mostly within story parameters. However, when comparing Snow White, Pinocchio, and Bambi with that of Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid, etc. of recent past… it’s safe to say the “artistic creativity” and “loyalty to story” of Michael Eisner is very different from that of Walt Disney.
If you want to see a fairy tale movie more in line with traditional macabre fairy tales, you should watch El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth)! It’s one of my favorite movies. Because of the sets there and in The Devil’s Backbone, Guillermo del Torro’s another person on my wish list of people I’d like to work with.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:09 am
i mentioned this in the newer Disney list comments, but more properly here.
All these villains are immortal, both in list and in comments.
But how about the Disney signature move they use for the villains in the animated’s? You know the one…
A close-up on the evil one’s face that slowly fades to black…
Except for the EYES……Dramatic every time!
June 24th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Where is Chernabog? He cavorts with ghosts and ghoulies and his only weakness is “Ave Maria”! Fantasia has no respect at all!!
June 30th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
The evil queen from SNOWWITE AND THE 7 DAWARVES i mean she would have a defensless young woman muredered in cold blood and have have her heart placed in a box VON TALLON from VALIANT a amicuous german falcon who wants to eat little valiant and his buddy BUGSY KAA and SHIRE KHAN from THE JUNGLE BOOK they both want to eat MOWGLI only KAA uses hypnosis
July 6th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Frollo.
He was a sick puppy.
He denounced the filthy gypsys and burned down a farm with children & women inside, just to mention one incident.
He spent most of the movie psychologically torturing poor Quasimodo into believing no one would care for a monster like him aside from this poor excuse of a “man”.
As well, we see his .. well, let’s say perverted side in his lust for Esmerelda.
Especially in the fireplace scene with her scarf.
I’m telling you; Frollo.
July 9th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Alright, Cruela is definitely the worst. She wants to kill little puppies for God’s sake ;-;
July 11th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Hopper from A BUGS LIFE a nasty grasshopper who ends up getting fed to a baby bird in its nest THE QUEEN OF HEARTS from ALICE IN WONDERLAND her catch phrase OFF WITH THEIR HEADS PRINCE JOHN from ROBIN HOOD H e is also the most whimpy villian always calling for he mommy and sucking his thumb and SIR HISS. JAFFAR from ALADIN treats his loyal parrot IAGO so badly its no wonder that by the time THE RETURN OF JAFFAR came on IAGO would turn against him
July 13th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
MONTERO the WHALE from PINNOCIO the whale is so scary just menioning his name frigtens alll the sea creatures
July 15th, 2009 at 11:19 am
@Flu-Bird (208): MONTERO the WHALE from PINNOCIO….The whale is named Monstro.
July 31st, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Im impressed a lot of people liked Frollo as a villain, and I must agree. I go back and watch these movie’s again, now that I’m an adult, and no one has proven to be more evil and meniacle than Frollo. The first few scene’s we see of him involve him arresting a group of gypsie’s, hunting down and killing a gypsie that got away, almost drowning her baby, and then locking the baby in a tower to where he lived out a large portion of his life. Than we see him continue to demoralize quasimotto, become lustful twords esmarelda, arresting many people, burning down most of paris, and almost killing a family (Im assuming that he killed others during the raid’s, but it wasn’t shown) than he almost burn’s the gypsies and almost kills quassi. What’s even worse is that 1) he did this in the name of god 2) is only mortal and doesn’t have anything that makes him spectacular, yet he is able to control the mass population without any trouble, which show’s how realistic something like that could actually be. So yes, he is the greatest villain of all time.
August 4th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
WHERE is Frollo? And for that matter, I don’t really understand why Malificent is so evil. But anyway, good list apart from that.
August 8th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
in my opinion cruella de vil should totally be number one. THEY ARE PUPPIES! gosh…but nice list:)
August 10th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
omg! i totally think that this is a bit out of order… and where is that guy from hunch back who was a total pervert first of all and just… disgusting…
August 14th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Ursala is much eviler then scar. but you know scar is cooler.
August 18th, 2009 at 9:41 am
AHH!
I can’t believe Frollo (from Hunchback) isn’t on here!!!!
He is by far the worst villain, probably even more so than Maleficent because he doesn’t have magic, and he still does equally wicked things.
I was surprised The Stepmother made it on here, because even though she is cruel to Cinderella, she is not neccessarily pure evil.
And Stromboli…his puppets aren’t real (except for Pinocchio) so if he did use them as firewood it wouldn’t really matter…I would think the person in Pinocchio who turned little boys into donkeys would be far worse.
And have you guys heard of The Black Cauldron? The Horned King is SCARY!
August 21st, 2009 at 12:24 am
I’ll be sure to cackle maniacally and say “you could have been a real boy, You coould have been a real boy…” next time I chop firewood.
August 25th, 2009 at 12:58 am
Maleficent is my favorite!!
September 3rd, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I honestly think Frollo should be on this list.
The fact that he thought he was doing the right thing by doing all those wicked and cruel things is disturbing enough.
September 13th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Frollo definately belongs; the dude wanted to commit genocide, and he wanted to rape a teenager; scar’s close, but ultimately frollo wins because people like him actually exist.
September 17th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
can anyone remember MAD MADAME MIM from SWORD IN THE STONE she is acuialy less a villian then a kind of comedy releif.SROMBOLI he is indeed loud and greedy. SCAR from THE LION KING this is sibling rivalry at its most extreme,JAFAR treats his loyal parrot IAGO so badly no wondeer he evetiualy turns aganist him,The EVIL QUEEN from SNOWHITE AND THE 7 DAWARVES she would have a hapless young girl murdred and keep her heart in a box,
September 18th, 2009 at 2:41 am
DUDE!! I soo agree with number one! She can summon the powers of hell to transform into a friggin dragon…it really doesnt get any evil-er.
September 18th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
saw a cartoon DISNEYS GREATISTS VILLIANS it showed the part from THE RESCUERS when MADAME MADUSA is firing and the mice with er shotgun she is blowing holes near the MAGIC MIRROR played by HANS CONRIED who hosts this program
September 22nd, 2009 at 5:17 pm
@flubird, who CANT forget madam mim from sword in the stone?? I LOVE her and that is one of my fav movies (next to little mermaid and sleeping beauty) madam mim was funny and evil! Yet, I think Jafar should have been at least #3 up there, hes truly evil and psycho! Yet, when I was little, I was terrified of Ursula. But now, I love her and she is truly evil (who goes around and collects souls from needy merfolk?) Yet, I agree with Maleficent being #1. She is hardcore for cursing a child for not being invited to a party!
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:21 am
I think nostalgia critic says it best
Frollo kills an innocent woman, tries to drown her baby, keeps the kid in a bell tower, tries to burn people alive, lusts after a woman, and offers her her freedom in excahange for sex, all while claiming to be a good christian.
Oh and Chernabog deserves to be here, cause he’s the FUCKING DEVIL.
October 6th, 2009 at 12:34 am
I don’t know if evil by physique, it’s got to be Chernabog but If you want evil with style who could really cause extreme havoc to any of these disney villains, then it’s got to be Hades. For crying out loud his the God of the UNDERWORLD! He can piss on the river styx where all of these villains’ soul end up.
October 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am
u know, considering disney is supposed to be made for children, happy fuzzy fairytales i find it quite ironic that half the people who comment are talking about how disney gave them nightmares, disney kinda failed in that happy aspect XD
as for me SCAR ROCKS!!!!!!! ha i laughed when he killed mufassa, haha irony
October 10th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
I may have said this, but where’s satan? He was in Fantasia! He’s more evil than all of those people combined times 2!
October 27th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
I absolutely love the Queen from Snow White. To me she is number one. Look at that cruel mouth. Poisoned apple, poisoned comb, girdle to squeeze snow white’s waist in till she dies. The woman was a genius!
November 11th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Ah Frollo from Hunch-Back of ND scares me! He is twisted and pretends be so goooooood and caaaaring. Ugh!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:52 am
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December 19th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Kay is right
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Fuck you, Red-K! You’re like those some bullies who picked on me middle school for liking Mufasa of The Lion King. How dare you laugh that he dad?! He was a good role model to Simba! I like him for the good stuff that he taught.
Would you laugh if you own Dad got killed? I’d laugh if you get killed, you cocksucker of Scar.
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I don’t agree with the idea of good and evil. For me, there is only what is beneficial to me and what is not. I don’t see how these villains are considered “bad”. It’s just a way to subdue the general populace into believing morals. I am amoral; I think of morals as beliefs necessary for the society to function. However, I do not agree with their subverted way of enforcing it upon people. They should just explain that the society would fall apart if we killed, stealed, or whatever was against morals. I believe lying is a skill that we all need, lying gives us more “fitness”, therefor we are all good liars, since our ancestors must’ve been good liars in order to survive.
January 4th, 2010 at 2:50 am
Good list, mate. I have recently come to the realization that as far as their animated history goes, Disney has never put a foot wrong & I should know, I’ve seen them all. I saw the Princess & the Frog on New Years Day & that just cemented my belief.
January 7th, 2010 at 1:44 pm
DR FACILIER
hahaha.
January 15th, 2010 at 9:34 am
I reckon Professor Ratigan from “The Great Mouse Detective” should be voted #1 as the most evil Disney Villain ever. He makes a really sinister bad guy. He’d just kill and rob lots of people for no apparent reason so that he can become King of Mousedom. For me, Ratigan is officially THE #1 Disney Villain.
January 21st, 2010 at 12:53 am
I vote Frollo, he burned down all of Paris because of his obsession for Esmeralda, and tried to kill her because she didn’t choose him
January 25th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Well, as it is said, Disney is messed up. Because when you wish upon a star… EVIL WILL FIND YOU.
January 28th, 2010 at 7:17 am
Where is Captain Hook?!
January 29th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Where the heck is Frollo?! He should have been number 1!
He kills a gypsy woman, tries to kill her child, locks said child up in a tower for almost his entire life, lusts for a teenage girl, burns down most of Paris, sings a song about wanting to rape the teenage girl, and then tries to kill the girl cause she won’t screw him.
He still scares me even to this day because he has no powers. He’s just a man and people like him exist.
February 5th, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Yeah I was fully expecting Frollo to be number 1, but thats just my opinion.