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Top 10 Sympathetic Villains in Cartoons


then you will love me as I love you okay
sometimes even the bad guys need a hug
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
sympathetic villains in cartoons always
this bond for this list we’re taking a
look at villains that aren’t evil just
to be evil some of them actually have a
soft side others turn to the dark side
because of a traumatic event and if you
aren’t even evil by choice as a result
we can’t help but feel sorry for them
number 10 the toilet Nader codename kids
next door thank you for coming mr. joy
later like you’re not the type of
villain we’re looking for wait I can do
other stuff in a world where kids fight
back against the tyranny of adults the
kids next door face off against some of
the strangest and most powerful villains
around and then there’s the toilet nadir
toilet nadir is harmless which isn’t
something to be proud of if you’re a
villain he’s enthusiastic and eager to
learn from the best but neither the kids
next door nor his fellow villains take
him seriously hey Lou you’re terrible
yeah our brilliant plan doesn’t include
a soggy villain who’ll get outsmarted by
the kids next door honestly you can’t
help but feel bad for the poor toilet
themed baddie toilet Nader maybe a soggy
villain but if you push him too far you
might just get flushed I just think it’s
kind of funny when the toilet just does
this stuff
it’s
number nine dr. Curt Connors the lizard
the spectacular spider-man it’s an honor
to meet you dr. Connors you look
familiar sir doc Connors isn’t a villain
he’s a brilliant scientist a loving
father and husband and a mentor to Peter
Parker but the same cannot be said about
the lizard tell me you didn’t use that
lizard DNA formula some lizards
regenerate lost limbs and some lizards
stick to walls and eat raw meat that
doesn’t mean you risk your life look at
the results when Connors experiments
with lizard DNA to help grow back his
missing arm he succeeds sorta Connors
ends up turning himself into a rampaging
reptilian monster in the process but
Spidey manages to tame the Beast and
bring the doctor back the fact that deep
down this cold-blooded beast is really a
good man makes both spider-man and the
audience feel for him and his struggle
yes even despite all the destruction and
mayhem the lizard causes number eight
Baxter Stockman
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now watch
how my Mouser follows its nose to the
rack Stockman didn’t start out as a
villain he was just a scientist trying
to sell his Mouser robots to a pest
control company when they reject him
shredder takes him in to use his
inventions to defeat splinter and the
turtles Baxter Stockman I’ve come for
you after too many failures and setbacks
Stockman is sent to Dimension X to be
disintegrated but is instead mutated
into a giant fly monster
once an ordinary and capable scientist
just trying to market his inventions
baxter stockman becomes a buzzing mutant
stuck in dimensional limbo hell-bent on
returning to his human form my ribbon
number seven them invader zim kushboo
gets to take a break without exploding
why not me
poor Zim can’t seem to catch a break
when it comes to his plans to take over
the earth first the irken leaders known
as the almighty tallest try to get rid
of him by exiling him to earth just
because he’s a little overzealous and
destructive you will be sent to a planet
so mysterious no one has even heard of
it right and those who’ve heard of it
dare not speak its name what’s its name
Oh a do not speak it he goes out of his
way to please the irken empire and how
do they thank him by laughing at his
pain and misery on top of that he’s
stuck on earth with a bunch of idiot
humans and his plans keep getting foiled
by Dib with even his own kind against
him you can’t help but root for Zim even
though he’s trying to enslave us all
number six Mojo Jojo the Powerpuff Girls
I will give you commands and you will
obey them this big-brained monkey must
spend a lot of time thinking about how
he had a hand in creating his own mortal
enemies before he was a mojo menace Jojo
was professor utonium reckless lab
assistant do you really think I would
home Oh what you talking about mojo his
monkey business in the lab caused a
professor to accidentally add chemical X
to his experiment the explosion caused
his brain to grow but it also brought
Blossom Bubbles and Buttercup into the
world last Oh chemicals that create a
new also affected me as well simple
simian brain began to mutate and roll
healing abandoned by his father
Jojo decided to try and rule the world
and can you blame him
he’d been replaced by adorable
crime-fighting super-powered little
girls how could you know what it’s like
for people to fear and despise you for
the very things that make you special
because you don’t fit in because you are
number five
hexadecimal reboot how dare you
interrupt me when I’m putting on my
faith in the cyberspace city of
mainframe Bob and his friends must
protect the computer system from the
insidious computer virus megabyte and
his chaotic sister hexadecimal really
hexadecimal I don’t have time for the
how very very sad I’ll have to destroy
you all then
hex isn’t the queen of chaos for nothing
while her brother prefers complete
control and order she enjoys good
old-fashioned mayhem and disruption
however behind her ever-changing mask
there are some aspects of this character
to sympathize with mainly her crush on
Bob Bob needs a hand Oh hex what are you
doing here well I thought I could help
after all you are my favorite guardian
when the supervirus demon threatens the
safety of mainframe the queen of chaos
does anything she can to save Bob
including sacrificing herself to cure
the system of a massive infection in the
end hex is motivated by love how will
our not survive
it won’t hex I’m sorry well that’s just
not good enough number 4 harley quinn
batman the animated series and the new
Batman adventures you’re a hero to all
the boys in blue but this time Davy the
joke’s on you before she became a wildly
popular villain in the DC Universe
Harley Quinn made her debut in Batman
the Animated Series as The Joker’s right
hand girl the one
unfortunately being a member of Joker’s
crew means having to take a hit from
both the bat and the boss and Harley
suffers constant abuse at the hands of
her precious mr. J why didn’t you tell
me someone put a hill then nevermind
just hand me the gun
she was once a perfectly sane
psychiatrist at Arkham until she was
seduced by the clown’s tragic past
now she goes out of her way to please
her puddin even if it means taking shots
for him and from him oh come on puddin
don’t you want to rev up your Harley
number-three the Ice King Adventure Time
do you know what Ice King means yeah I
know what Ice King means a big nerd oh
holy cow believe it or not this big nerd
wasn’t always a princess chasing tyrunt
before the great mushroom war Ice King
was an ordinary archeologist named simon
petrikov with a lovely fiancee named
Betty I am recording this tape so that
people will know my story but all that
changed when he put on the strange and
magical crown the granted him powers
over ice and slowly ate away at his
sanity until it finally and completely
transformed him into the icy hermit we
know today I call upon the power of ice
and snow
ice with
the saddest part of it all is that he’ll
probably never remember his old life his
beloved Betty or the friendship he had
with a young Marceline the vampire queen
hey get out of here
wait just let me play you what I’ve
written so far damn number two mr.
freeze Batman the animated series and
the new Batman adventures rest well my
love the monster who took you from me
will soon learn that revenge is a dish
best served cold series writer Paul Dini
decided the animated series version of
mr. freeze deserved an updated backstory
so he gave him a tragic motivation but
since becomes synonymous with the
character before becoming an ice-cold
supervillain freeze was a brilliant
scientist who cryogenically froze his
wife until he could find a cure for her
fatal disease you understand now why I
could not return to my Nora my treasure
there’s awful for me for you or your
city everyone’s going to feel my loss an
accident left him unable to survive in
temperatures above freezing point and he
began to fund his quest to cure his wife
by becoming a cold-blooded criminal or
was he only good thing in my life but
they took her from me I don’t care what
I have to do to get her back
despite his atrocities and evil deeds
all he ever wanted was to save his
beloved Nora making him as sympathetic
as he is dangerous
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions it all
began on the day of my actual birth both
of my parents failed to show up fail to
be the most hated thing in Bikini Bottom
plankton urged I met looks like it’s
counter-attack failed
get hyper became so fast it didn’t even
have time to do one number one Zuko
Avatar The Last Airbender why don’t you
enjoy a cup of calming jasmine tea I
don’t need any calming tea I need to
capture the avatar you can’t help but
pity the fallen Prince of the Fire
Nation
Zuko is the son of the Fire Lord and
that doesn’t come without its fair share
of problems like having to live in the
shadow of your sadistic sister or being
literally burned by your dad for
disrespecting him you will learn respect
and suffering will be your teacher
disgraced and banished by his own father
Zuko tries to capture the Avatar to
regain his honor he and his uncle are
fugitives of their own nation and hated
by every other nation as well but out of
the ashes of this fallen Prince the Fire
Lord that will finally bring peace to
all the nations shall rise I promised my
uncle that I would restore the honor of
the Fire Nation and I will do you agree
with our list yeah yeah that’s good keep
doing that which villain do you think
needs more love now I remember you you
were the worst lab assistant I ever had
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