these are the bad guys just right we’re
going to handle it I can only welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten types of
villains before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content for this list
we’re taking a look at the most common
villain tropes that keep popping up in
popular culture
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number 10 the bully you can leave
bullying applause cudgels work here’s a
bad guy who’s less straight up evil and
more just a jerk of course that doesn’t
make us hate the bully any less this
villain is cool and not because they
have anything to gain but because it
gives them some sick satisfaction to
pick on someone weaker than themselves
or someone they have power over so which
is you flooded maybe it’s because they
got picked on so they’re getting back at
the world or maybe they’ve just always
been awful either way what really
resonates with this villain is how true
to life they can be because while few of
us know a Baltimore personally everybody
knows a Dudley how are y’all
thirty-six counted them myself number
nine the dragon does the dark one and
the giant but leaves aside questioning
not literally a dragon at least not
usually in modern stories this villain
isn’t the one pulling the strings but is
the one doing all the dirty work and
making life hard for the protagonist
usually the second-in-command for a
villain we don’t often see this guy is
the immediate threat to the hero and the
one they need to beat
just like their namesake the dragon is
incredibly tough and usually the last
challenge for the hero to overcome Darth
Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy
is a prime example of the dragon as a
constant threat and primary focus for
Luke and the rest of the rebellion in
which we see number 8 the vengeful do
you know the Klingon proverb that tells
us revenge is a dish that is best served
cold
perhaps cons that at best revenge is a
dish best served cold and these villains
are awfully chilly while a good revenge
story is great at the heroes the one
doing the avenging when the scenario
flipped it’s pretty terrifying supposed
to die for me things are personal with
this villain and they don’t care who
they have to hurt or even if they end up
getting killed themselves as long as
they make the one who did them wrong
suffer so you will learn about the loss
of freedom low from humanity often the
villain has waited patiently for years
to exact their revenge and a quick death
is not nearly enough the hero must watch
as the villain destroys everything they
hold dear
number seven the fallen hero one of the
most tragic entries on our list this
villain once fought on the side of good
but ambition weariness or tragedy set
them down a dark path sometimes we meet
the character while they’re still full
of hope only to watch their slow moral
decay there was a childhood was other
times we meet them as a fully formed
villain and eventually get glimpses into
their nobler past as the reason they
became corrupted slowly becomes clear
I’ve learned that I have the strength to
change it’s difficult not to sympathize
with a villain like this knowing that
they have good buried inside of them
whether they return to the light or die
the villain we can’t help but feel for
them you either die a hero or you live
long enough to see yourself become the
villain number 6 the terrorists some of
the most dangerous villains are the ones
that are in it for personal gain but are
fighting for an ideal or belief and will
do anything to achieve their goal often
threatening innocent lives or putting
their own life at risk this villain is
tough to defeat without risking
collateral damage
occasionally terrorists are even painted
in a sympathetic light giving the
audience a new perspective to their
point of view but sometimes these
villains will use terrorism as a red
herring to distract from other sinister
goals more often than not however these
villains are fanatics who have taken
their goal too far who shall we return
number 5 the Beast the Beast isn’t
filled with evil or hatred usually it’s
just hungry
or maybe it’s protecting itself or
driven by instinct but one thing’s for
sure it will kill you in a second pretty
much any story where an animal as the
antagonist falls into this category with
the shark from Jaws and the whale from
Moby Dick among the most iconic examples
of course a beast doesn’t even have to
be a real animal fiction is filled with
all kinds of fantastical monsters large
and small themes of man versus nature
pride or science gone too far aren’t
uncommon when this kind of villain is
present and survival is the name of the
game
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number four the unhinged Bessie
they see and they are no and they’ll say
my she would even homicide these are the
guys who just do bad things because they
can they’re deprived and our forces of
chaos with an unpredictability that
makes them a tremendous threat these
villains rarely ever have grand plans to
actually achieve anything and when they
do it’s usually just to hold a mirror up
to society and reflect the madness in
all of us see I’m not a monster
I’m just ahead of the curve more often
than not the disturbed show up in horror
and thriller stories with writers like
Stephen King inventing a slew of iconic
and deranged bad guys highlighting their
madness and devastated psyches
here’s Johnny number three the Machine
more plague devoid of human emotion
these bad guys can’t be negotiated with
or reasons with and have a single-minded
focus killing whatever is in their way
like the beasts stay lack regret and
remorse
what really elevates the machine is its
ability to think critically as they
usually have human intelligence or
greater
typically this killing machine is just
that a machine like the unrelenting
terminator or the calculating Hal 9000
but that isn’t always the case any bad
guy that moves forward with a
single-minded determination to kill the
hero falls into the same category giving
us unstoppable killers like Jason
Voorhees from the Friday the 13th
franchise number to be equal there’s
only one way to in scow either you die
or are you a mirror image of our
protagonist this villain is so
threatening because he’s so much like
the hero particularly common in
superhero films this bad guy appears
when our hero goes up against somebody
with the same powers meaning they need
to rely on wits and ingenuity to
overcome their match in terms of skill
and strength what’s even more
interesting is when the equal not only
shares the same skills but also motives
and morals only slightly distorted
the heroes and villains of this story
aren’t dealing in black and white
morality only slightly darker shades of
grey that’s perfectly described by
Indiana Jones archenemy and fellow
archaeologist Rene bellick I’m a shadowy
reflection of you gonna a nudge to make
you like me to push you out of the life
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
there’s made some mistakes
number one the mastermind Skywalker
you’ve done a mastermind is the ultimate
villain always multiple steps ahead of
the hero he’s the evil genius who
usually appears towards the end of the
story and has orchestrated everything
the heroes have had to overcome she
attempted to bring destruction down upon
me I shall do the same to you even a
previous victory for a hero will play
into the masterminds plan he has
multiple contingencies for every
situation and a complicated plan that no
one sees coming until it’s too late
there was no which buttons to press the
mastermind won’t get his hands dirty
either letting his underlings and the
Dragon do all the dirty work moving them
like pieces on a chess board even
willing to sacrifice a few pawn the
mastermind is the perfectly deadly
combination of sinister and brilliant do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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going to handle it I can only welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten types of
villains before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content for this list
we’re taking a look at the most common
villain tropes that keep popping up in
popular culture
[Music]
number 10 the bully you can leave
bullying applause cudgels work here’s a
bad guy who’s less straight up evil and
more just a jerk of course that doesn’t
make us hate the bully any less this
villain is cool and not because they
have anything to gain but because it
gives them some sick satisfaction to
pick on someone weaker than themselves
or someone they have power over so which
is you flooded maybe it’s because they
got picked on so they’re getting back at
the world or maybe they’ve just always
been awful either way what really
resonates with this villain is how true
to life they can be because while few of
us know a Baltimore personally everybody
knows a Dudley how are y’all
thirty-six counted them myself number
nine the dragon does the dark one and
the giant but leaves aside questioning
not literally a dragon at least not
usually in modern stories this villain
isn’t the one pulling the strings but is
the one doing all the dirty work and
making life hard for the protagonist
usually the second-in-command for a
villain we don’t often see this guy is
the immediate threat to the hero and the
one they need to beat
just like their namesake the dragon is
incredibly tough and usually the last
challenge for the hero to overcome Darth
Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy
is a prime example of the dragon as a
constant threat and primary focus for
Luke and the rest of the rebellion in
which we see number 8 the vengeful do
you know the Klingon proverb that tells
us revenge is a dish that is best served
cold
perhaps cons that at best revenge is a
dish best served cold and these villains
are awfully chilly while a good revenge
story is great at the heroes the one
doing the avenging when the scenario
flipped it’s pretty terrifying supposed
to die for me things are personal with
this villain and they don’t care who
they have to hurt or even if they end up
getting killed themselves as long as
they make the one who did them wrong
suffer so you will learn about the loss
of freedom low from humanity often the
villain has waited patiently for years
to exact their revenge and a quick death
is not nearly enough the hero must watch
as the villain destroys everything they
hold dear
number seven the fallen hero one of the
most tragic entries on our list this
villain once fought on the side of good
but ambition weariness or tragedy set
them down a dark path sometimes we meet
the character while they’re still full
of hope only to watch their slow moral
decay there was a childhood was other
times we meet them as a fully formed
villain and eventually get glimpses into
their nobler past as the reason they
became corrupted slowly becomes clear
I’ve learned that I have the strength to
change it’s difficult not to sympathize
with a villain like this knowing that
they have good buried inside of them
whether they return to the light or die
the villain we can’t help but feel for
them you either die a hero or you live
long enough to see yourself become the
villain number 6 the terrorists some of
the most dangerous villains are the ones
that are in it for personal gain but are
fighting for an ideal or belief and will
do anything to achieve their goal often
threatening innocent lives or putting
their own life at risk this villain is
tough to defeat without risking
collateral damage
occasionally terrorists are even painted
in a sympathetic light giving the
audience a new perspective to their
point of view but sometimes these
villains will use terrorism as a red
herring to distract from other sinister
goals more often than not however these
villains are fanatics who have taken
their goal too far who shall we return
number 5 the Beast the Beast isn’t
filled with evil or hatred usually it’s
just hungry
or maybe it’s protecting itself or
driven by instinct but one thing’s for
sure it will kill you in a second pretty
much any story where an animal as the
antagonist falls into this category with
the shark from Jaws and the whale from
Moby Dick among the most iconic examples
of course a beast doesn’t even have to
be a real animal fiction is filled with
all kinds of fantastical monsters large
and small themes of man versus nature
pride or science gone too far aren’t
uncommon when this kind of villain is
present and survival is the name of the
game
[Applause]
number four the unhinged Bessie
they see and they are no and they’ll say
my she would even homicide these are the
guys who just do bad things because they
can they’re deprived and our forces of
chaos with an unpredictability that
makes them a tremendous threat these
villains rarely ever have grand plans to
actually achieve anything and when they
do it’s usually just to hold a mirror up
to society and reflect the madness in
all of us see I’m not a monster
I’m just ahead of the curve more often
than not the disturbed show up in horror
and thriller stories with writers like
Stephen King inventing a slew of iconic
and deranged bad guys highlighting their
madness and devastated psyches
here’s Johnny number three the Machine
more plague devoid of human emotion
these bad guys can’t be negotiated with
or reasons with and have a single-minded
focus killing whatever is in their way
like the beasts stay lack regret and
remorse
what really elevates the machine is its
ability to think critically as they
usually have human intelligence or
greater
typically this killing machine is just
that a machine like the unrelenting
terminator or the calculating Hal 9000
but that isn’t always the case any bad
guy that moves forward with a
single-minded determination to kill the
hero falls into the same category giving
us unstoppable killers like Jason
Voorhees from the Friday the 13th
franchise number to be equal there’s
only one way to in scow either you die
or are you a mirror image of our
protagonist this villain is so
threatening because he’s so much like
the hero particularly common in
superhero films this bad guy appears
when our hero goes up against somebody
with the same powers meaning they need
to rely on wits and ingenuity to
overcome their match in terms of skill
and strength what’s even more
interesting is when the equal not only
shares the same skills but also motives
and morals only slightly distorted
the heroes and villains of this story
aren’t dealing in black and white
morality only slightly darker shades of
grey that’s perfectly described by
Indiana Jones archenemy and fellow
archaeologist Rene bellick I’m a shadowy
reflection of you gonna a nudge to make
you like me to push you out of the life
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions
there’s made some mistakes
number one the mastermind Skywalker
you’ve done a mastermind is the ultimate
villain always multiple steps ahead of
the hero he’s the evil genius who
usually appears towards the end of the
story and has orchestrated everything
the heroes have had to overcome she
attempted to bring destruction down upon
me I shall do the same to you even a
previous victory for a hero will play
into the masterminds plan he has
multiple contingencies for every
situation and a complicated plan that no
one sees coming until it’s too late
there was no which buttons to press the
mastermind won’t get his hands dirty
either letting his underlings and the
Dragon do all the dirty work moving them
like pieces on a chess board even
willing to sacrifice a few pawn the
mastermind is the perfectly deadly
combination of sinister and brilliant do
you agree with our picks check out these
other great clips from WatchMojo and
subscribe for new videos every day
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