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counting down our picks for the top ten
TV characters who temporarily became
villains before we begin we publish new
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videos for this list we’re looking at
television characters who briefly turn
to the dark side but eventually came
back and redeemed themselves we won’t be
including protagonists who fully
transition into villainy like Walter
White as they must return to good in
some form in order to qualify I did it
I liked it also because we’ll be
discussing significant plot developments
a major spoiler alert is now in effect
number 10 Leo Fitz agents of shield this
machine we can test in human pyres about
any side effects throughout most of the
series Leo Fitz is a socially awkward
but brilliant engineer working for
shield
however the framework version of Fitz is
a very different sort of man because ADA
alters Fitz his memory in the framework
he has undying loyalty to her and Hydra
you say that I’m not myself I don’t know
who I am
framework Fitz is also raised by his
sadistic father rather than his loving
mother which results in Fitz becoming
psychotic when he finally returns to the
real world
he’s completely shaken by his actions in
the framework and exhibits signs of PTSD
but at least he’s good old Fitz again
and not the scary doctor don’t blame
yourself the framework messes with
everybody’s head number 9 Snow White
Mary Margaret Blanchard once upon a time
you have to put the heart back inside
Cara’s body sure Cora may have had it
coming but snow travels into some
extremely dark territory to get the job
done late in season 2 snow is
manipulated by Rumplestiltskin curses
Cora’s heart and tricks her daughter
Regina into putting it back this act
kills Cora who making matters worse
finally shows love towards Regina before
snow intentionally tricked a woman into
murdering her own mother and her heart
darkens because of it she spends a
majority of the remaining season trying
to atone aghast at the depth to which
she fell do it crush it get it over with
number 8 Stefan Salvatore the Vampire
Diaries
I wanted to do this Stefan Salvatore is
a classic model of the dr. Jekyll and
mr. Hyde trope at the beginning of the
series Stefan is a caring and
compassionate individual despite being a
vampire and harboring a dark past he
keeps his penchant for violence and
murder under control
by drinking animal blood and regrets the
actions of his past however a major
shift occurs at the end of season two
when he sacrifices his own humanity and
becomes his bloodthirsty and psychotic
alter-ego the Ripper unlike regular
Stefan the Ripper shows no compassion
and is willing to murder anyone to
satiate his need for blood luckily
Stefan eventually reverts back to his
humane self-doubt me number 7 cara
danvers super girl the arrowverse
everybody this is my friend Carrie
Danvers
where she’s known on her Supergirl it’s
a tale as old as well comic books a
villain has some sort of device that
alters the minds of various superheroes
and turns them on the citizens of their
own town or against their allies such
was the case with the arrowverse
crossover episode invasion which saw the
invading dominators spring a trap and
control the minds of various heroes
chief among them being Supergirl
Supergirl is basically unstoppable in
this state and the only way Barry can
defeat her is to trick her into
destroying the mind-control device
it’s only a brief descent into villainy
but it’s nonetheless a terrifying
glimpse into supergirls abilities and
the destruction she has the power to
cause so sorry you’re not the first
superhero to be mind control number 6
Charlie pace lost to do dark charlie was
certainly a weird period and lost like
Sayid Jarrah in season 6 Charlie gets
weird midway through season 2 when he
attacks son and steals Aeryn from Claire
Bloch subsequently beats him to a pulp
which results in Charlie helping Sawyer
steal the weapons to embarrass Locke and
then he just kind of goes back to normal
it was extremely jarring and out of
character to say the least of course on
a show as complicated as lost he wasn’t
exactly out of place either way it
certainly was a memorable phase for
better or worse number 5
tony almeida 24 and 24 legacy for the
majority of the series Tony is a federal
agent working for the CTU however the
deaths of his wife and unborn son
results in Tony’s downward spiral and it
eventually sees him helping a terrorist
organization he’s we’re going to take
thousands of American lives unless his
demands are met while working for the
organization he murders larry moss and
attempts to detonate a canister of
chemical weapons inside the Metro
tunnels and while his joining the
terrorists was merely a means to get
close to his wife’s killer that doesn’t
excuse his horrendous actions throughout
much of season 7 later in the 24
spin-off legacy he works in
anti-terrorism with Rebecca Ingram to
atone for his past and earn himself some
Redemption something he desperately
needed I’m gonna find the girl with or
without you number 4 Sam Winchester
now I can kill despite the black and
white themes of good versus evil
supernatural often skirts the boundaries
between the two has predominantly
explored with the characters of Sam and
Castiel in the beginning of the series
Sam is portrayed as the innocent little
brother of Dean but his actions
throughout seasons 3 and 4 are anything
but Sam becomes a much darker character
after he’s resurrected from the dead and
by season 4 he is completely addicted to
demon blood siding with Ruby against
Dean killing human hosts and instigating
the apocalypse albeit unintentionally he
spends much of season 5 trying to atone
for his actions regain the trust of his
why me number three Bill Compton
True Blood mad that obvious throughout
much of Tru Blood Bill Compton is an
antihero who’s decided to lead a
peaceful life and coexist with humans
he’s also one of the series biggest
draws in terms of sex appeal but that’s
a discussion for another list however
bill turns from antihero to full-on
villain in season five
we need to sends into a religious fervor
drinks far too much of Lilith’s blood
and becomes the main antagonist of the
season thankfully by the end of season
six he’s mostly back to being the old
Bill Compton he’s sure now I’m sure
number two
Theon Greyjoy Game of Thrones Seven
Kingdoms are at war and we need to fill
his mind Game of Thrones isn’t a show
with black and white morality many of
its good characters do questionable
things and many of its villains have
more dimensions to them than simply
being evil
Joffrey excluded man that kid was evil
that said beyond has always been a
sympathetic character especially once
he’s tortured at the hands of Ramsay I
however be on shows a nastier side in
season 2 when he captures Winterfell
from the Starks kills two farm boys and
behead sir Roderick Cassell he finally
earns Redemption in season five when he
helps Sansa escape from Winterfell but
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions I’m the
Time Lord victorious
number one Willow Rosenberg Buffy the
Buffy has a few characters who alternate
between good and bad chief among them
being angel however it’s willow who
makes this list because her dark persona
is so far removed from her typical
personality and sense of morality due to
her addiction to magic and the death of
her lover
willow turns evil in season six seeks
revenge against the trio and plans the
destruction of earth what’s matter that
you wanted to talk however she soon
saved thanks to the power of friendship
and spends much of the next season
trying to keep her powers in check
should she lose control once more the
lesson learned here always fear the
smart ones and there’s no one in the
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
TV characters who temporarily became
villains before we begin we publish new
content every day so be sure to
subscribe to our Channel and ring the
bell to get notified about our latest
videos for this list we’re looking at
television characters who briefly turn
to the dark side but eventually came
back and redeemed themselves we won’t be
including protagonists who fully
transition into villainy like Walter
White as they must return to good in
some form in order to qualify I did it
I liked it also because we’ll be
discussing significant plot developments
a major spoiler alert is now in effect
number 10 Leo Fitz agents of shield this
machine we can test in human pyres about
any side effects throughout most of the
series Leo Fitz is a socially awkward
but brilliant engineer working for
shield
however the framework version of Fitz is
a very different sort of man because ADA
alters Fitz his memory in the framework
he has undying loyalty to her and Hydra
you say that I’m not myself I don’t know
who I am
framework Fitz is also raised by his
sadistic father rather than his loving
mother which results in Fitz becoming
psychotic when he finally returns to the
real world
he’s completely shaken by his actions in
the framework and exhibits signs of PTSD
but at least he’s good old Fitz again
and not the scary doctor don’t blame
yourself the framework messes with
everybody’s head number 9 Snow White
Mary Margaret Blanchard once upon a time
you have to put the heart back inside
Cara’s body sure Cora may have had it
coming but snow travels into some
extremely dark territory to get the job
done late in season 2 snow is
manipulated by Rumplestiltskin curses
Cora’s heart and tricks her daughter
Regina into putting it back this act
kills Cora who making matters worse
finally shows love towards Regina before
snow intentionally tricked a woman into
murdering her own mother and her heart
darkens because of it she spends a
majority of the remaining season trying
to atone aghast at the depth to which
she fell do it crush it get it over with
number 8 Stefan Salvatore the Vampire
Diaries
I wanted to do this Stefan Salvatore is
a classic model of the dr. Jekyll and
mr. Hyde trope at the beginning of the
series Stefan is a caring and
compassionate individual despite being a
vampire and harboring a dark past he
keeps his penchant for violence and
murder under control
by drinking animal blood and regrets the
actions of his past however a major
shift occurs at the end of season two
when he sacrifices his own humanity and
becomes his bloodthirsty and psychotic
alter-ego the Ripper unlike regular
Stefan the Ripper shows no compassion
and is willing to murder anyone to
satiate his need for blood luckily
Stefan eventually reverts back to his
humane self-doubt me number 7 cara
danvers super girl the arrowverse
everybody this is my friend Carrie
Danvers
where she’s known on her Supergirl it’s
a tale as old as well comic books a
villain has some sort of device that
alters the minds of various superheroes
and turns them on the citizens of their
own town or against their allies such
was the case with the arrowverse
crossover episode invasion which saw the
invading dominators spring a trap and
control the minds of various heroes
chief among them being Supergirl
Supergirl is basically unstoppable in
this state and the only way Barry can
defeat her is to trick her into
destroying the mind-control device
it’s only a brief descent into villainy
but it’s nonetheless a terrifying
glimpse into supergirls abilities and
the destruction she has the power to
cause so sorry you’re not the first
superhero to be mind control number 6
Charlie pace lost to do dark charlie was
certainly a weird period and lost like
Sayid Jarrah in season 6 Charlie gets
weird midway through season 2 when he
attacks son and steals Aeryn from Claire
Bloch subsequently beats him to a pulp
which results in Charlie helping Sawyer
steal the weapons to embarrass Locke and
then he just kind of goes back to normal
it was extremely jarring and out of
character to say the least of course on
a show as complicated as lost he wasn’t
exactly out of place either way it
certainly was a memorable phase for
better or worse number 5
tony almeida 24 and 24 legacy for the
majority of the series Tony is a federal
agent working for the CTU however the
deaths of his wife and unborn son
results in Tony’s downward spiral and it
eventually sees him helping a terrorist
organization he’s we’re going to take
thousands of American lives unless his
demands are met while working for the
organization he murders larry moss and
attempts to detonate a canister of
chemical weapons inside the Metro
tunnels and while his joining the
terrorists was merely a means to get
close to his wife’s killer that doesn’t
excuse his horrendous actions throughout
much of season 7 later in the 24
spin-off legacy he works in
anti-terrorism with Rebecca Ingram to
atone for his past and earn himself some
Redemption something he desperately
needed I’m gonna find the girl with or
without you number 4 Sam Winchester
now I can kill despite the black and
white themes of good versus evil
supernatural often skirts the boundaries
between the two has predominantly
explored with the characters of Sam and
Castiel in the beginning of the series
Sam is portrayed as the innocent little
brother of Dean but his actions
throughout seasons 3 and 4 are anything
but Sam becomes a much darker character
after he’s resurrected from the dead and
by season 4 he is completely addicted to
demon blood siding with Ruby against
Dean killing human hosts and instigating
the apocalypse albeit unintentionally he
spends much of season 5 trying to atone
for his actions regain the trust of his
why me number three Bill Compton
True Blood mad that obvious throughout
much of Tru Blood Bill Compton is an
antihero who’s decided to lead a
peaceful life and coexist with humans
he’s also one of the series biggest
draws in terms of sex appeal but that’s
a discussion for another list however
bill turns from antihero to full-on
villain in season five
we need to sends into a religious fervor
drinks far too much of Lilith’s blood
and becomes the main antagonist of the
season thankfully by the end of season
six he’s mostly back to being the old
Bill Compton he’s sure now I’m sure
number two
Theon Greyjoy Game of Thrones Seven
Kingdoms are at war and we need to fill
his mind Game of Thrones isn’t a show
with black and white morality many of
its good characters do questionable
things and many of its villains have
more dimensions to them than simply
being evil
Joffrey excluded man that kid was evil
that said beyond has always been a
sympathetic character especially once
he’s tortured at the hands of Ramsay I
however be on shows a nastier side in
season 2 when he captures Winterfell
from the Starks kills two farm boys and
behead sir Roderick Cassell he finally
earns Redemption in season five when he
helps Sansa escape from Winterfell but
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions I’m the
Time Lord victorious
number one Willow Rosenberg Buffy the
Buffy has a few characters who alternate
between good and bad chief among them
being angel however it’s willow who
makes this list because her dark persona
is so far removed from her typical
personality and sense of morality due to
her addiction to magic and the death of
her lover
willow turns evil in season six seeks
revenge against the trio and plans the
destruction of earth what’s matter that
you wanted to talk however she soon
saved thanks to the power of friendship
and spends much of the next season
trying to keep her powers in check
should she lose control once more the
lesson learned here always fear the
smart ones and there’s no one in the
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from watch mojo and subscribe for new videos every day
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