Aku, Samurai Jack
I've been wanting to include Aku since the premier of Samurai Jack, but unfortunately he's been slow to build a fanbase. I have no page to link to him just yet, if you'd like what little bit of info is available, you can always go to Cartoon Network. The lowdown is fairly simple. Aku (which is Japanese for "evil") is a demon who wishes to bring darkness and destruction to earth, and he wishes to force all living things into servitude. An unnamed man confined Aku using a special sword, and thus prevented the spread of Aku's evil. Aku broke free years later and took his aggressions out on this man, who passed the sword on to his son. This son became Samurai Jack, who was cast into the future world by Aku. They are enemies, sworn to eradicate each other. Good stuff.

Archetypes
Villain vs Nemesis
Ikari vs Treize
Villainy and Shakespeare

Villain Resumes
DBZ's Vegeta
Cobra Commander
Yosemite Sam

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Bluto/Brutus, Popeye
Bluto? Brutus? What's going on here?? Don't worry my little lambykins, you're not going crazy. I think the sentiment from the original artist is that Bluto and Brutus are actually two different characters. However, I invite you to try to convince me of that fact. They're both large, bearded, big-nosed villains who pursue both the destruction of Popeye and the reluctant affections of Olive Oyl (who, let's face it, looks like a wet noodle). They've both got that evil sultan laugh down pat...now if only the cartoons actually had made it look like it was actually coming out of his mouth...

Boris Badenov, Rocky andBullwinkle
Boris has been on the Wanted list for a long time... he's so little he just slipped through my fingers, I guess. Boris is one half of the Plotsylvanian duo that plagued "Moose and Squirrel" throughout the run of this show. With Natasha by his side (and usually doing all the grunt work) Boris fixed football games, rigged bombs, set boobytraps, and basically managed to foul up everything those poor woodland creatures tried to do. His motives were fluid, one moment he craved power, another moment he had gold fever. But most of the time he and his gal-pal were just carrying out the orders of good old Fearless Leader. So in a way, that makes them both Villains and Cronies. All in a cute Sonny-and-Cher-lookin' package!

The Brain, Pinky and The Brain
Check it out! A Super Villain whose name is in the title of the show! Have you noticed that all great villains reside in programs that are named for their arch-nemeses? It's not fair, and extremely biased. It's like they never have the home-court advantage. The Brain is probably the best worst (that's right, the best worst) Super Villain ever, in my opinion. Did someone say Orson Welles? If you don't know about the Brain, let me describe him with a song. *ahem* "They're Pinky and the Brain, Pinky and the Brain, one is a genious, the other's insane. They're laboratory mice, their genes have been spliced...To prove their mousey worth, they'll overthrow the earth..." Yeah, I'm a regular songbird. You get the picture? He's a mouse. He wants to rule the world. There's no more to it than that! If you check the encyclopedia you'll see how he matches up to the qualifications for villainy: he has the stance, the gaze, the laugh, the plans, the devices, and the massive oversights that always ruin his chances of world domination. I'd like to see him succeed one day but he'll have to get rid of that darn Pinky first! Hey, I gotchyer narf right here.

Breetai, Robotech
Breetai is a field commander of the Zentradi people. Eh... I'm still reading up on this guy so forgive the lackluster bio. Tell ya what, if you really want to know all about him, click his pic and read a tremendously good dossier all about his evil-doing. And for those of you who, like me, know nothing about Robotech, check this page out. You'll be up to speed in no time. Special super squishy thanks to Alvin "Mozter" Journeyman for his suggestion. Keep on truckin'!

Charles Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons
The Simpsons is most often mentioned as the cartoon for people who don't like cartoons (a statement which is almost always worded as "Yeah, I don't like cartoons. Except for The Simpsons, but that's different.") C. M. Burns owns and operates the Springfield Nuclear Plant that employs Homer Simpson, as well as many others such as Lenny and Carl and Wayland Smithers. His only love is money, and his only lust is power. When given the offer of eternal happiness at the cost of one dollar, he pondered and decided, "Ehh, I'd rather keep the dollar." He's not above even the lowest of low deeds, he has even stooped to stealing candy from a baby (although Maggie was far too formidable a foe to simply yank a lollypop from). Let's see, what else has he done to deserve the title? He blocked the sun, he coerced Homer into performing unspeakable acts for money, he has a chute in his office that he drops solicitors through, he pulled the plug on his own mother, he tried to skin a litter of stolen puppies...then threatened to shoot the Simson kids... Well I could go on like this for days. Frankly, I'm a huge Simpson's buff, and Mr. Burns' evil is of paramount importance to the show.

"As punishment for your desertion, it is company policy to give you the plague."
"That's plaque, sir."

Caveguy, Freakazoid
I know I said I would only include one villain per cartoon unless I had really good reason, and this time I had really good reason. You'll find I also included the Lobe from Freakazoid but come on!!  Caveguy talks like Thurston Howell the Third!!!!!! And don't forget he helped mastermind the abduction of the ugliest accessory in the world, the Diamond Hat of the Czars!! Great thing about this cartoon is that there's virtually no backstory on anyone, and you just have to accept villains for what they are. So give you a bio i can not. He is simply what he is, a snobby neanderthal. Nevertheless, I am glued to every episode he appears in, although there aren't that many. You've gotta love a haughty ape.

Chairface Chippendale, The Tick
This guy has panache. The high-and-mighty British Accent, the gloves, the Brooks Brothers sweater vest and khakis combo, and I'm willing to bet some pretty nice wingtips down there on his feet. Chairface never soils his hands, and seems to have gained his fortune through less than Super Villainous means, since he's already rich at the point the Tick decides to dish out a heaping bowl of justice. Evil acts worthy of note: first he celebrates his birthday by carving his name into the surface of the moon with a giant super laser. Okay, so he only got as far as "CHA" but that wasn't his fault. Then he steals a body-switching device from the annual Mad Scientist Convention in an effort to switch himself with the Tick... admiting a little disappointment with his lot in life, having been born with a chair for a head. That one didn't turn out so great either, with the Tick ending up in a zebra's body and Arthur in Dr. Mung-Mung's creation, Tongue-Tongue

Dr. Mung-Mung quote: "He is sad because he has but one small tongue with which to taste an entire world."

Charles the Brainchild, The Tick
I know I already violated my rule of only including one villain per series, and I am aware that I already included Chairface Chippendale, but Charles deserves his day in the sun, if only for achieving the height of villainry at such a tender age. I'm guessing he's around 13 years old, a precocious little fella whose super intelligence leads him down the path to evil. His parents think he's just going through normal growing pains...modern parenting techniques, i guess. First Brainchild episode: Charles steals appliances in an effort to create a device to throw the world into chaos. In the end, his treehouse falls on his dog. Macabre. Second Brainchild episode: Charles turns his babysitter into a cyborg engine of terror to capture the Tick, at which point he transfors his archnemesis into a 7 inch two-headed bluebird who only speaks high school French. Name one Super Villain who has topped this degree of abject evil. You can't, can you? Destroying the enemy isn't always the most important part. Sometimes it's demoralizing and humiliating the enemy that makes it all worth while at the end of the day.

Dr. Claw, Inspector Gadget
Gotta be straight about this: I hate Inspector Gadget.  For some reason this cartoon makes me feel like my brain has been completely violated and it makes me want to twitch.  However, in the interest of being fair I have included Dr. Claw since he is certainly a Super Villain whose MAD organization made Gadget's life difficult at best.  Dr. Claw has nothing but ultimate power on the brain. Sure he likes riches, but I think that's basically because money is an indication of power. His voice and his glove and his hidden face would have made him quite the intimidating bad guy...if only this cartoon weren't such a stinking pile of cow flop.

Cobra Commander, GI Joe
Actually, I think he looks better with the face plate than the hood. It's more intimidating and begs the question: how does he see and breathe inside there?? To be honest, I'm nore of a Destro fan but he just wasn't the leader. Evil, yes. Super Villain, no. So I'll make do and settle with my second pick, the Commander himself. Why didn't I go with Serpentor? Because I always felt the series got kind of silly at that point. Ooh, the DNA of Ghengis Kahn, color me scared. Anyway, Cobra Commander is the figurehead and mastermind behind the Cobra organization, which is bent on ruling the world. Of course his plans aren't that great. Ever seen the "Cold Slither" episode? What kind of plan was that? Here's another fun fact, you'll find them throughout this site. Batman Beyond ran an episode recently where the new Dark Knight was battling a covert subculture called Cobra, and the leader wore a headdress that looked identical to Serpentor's from G.I. Joe. Come on! Am I the only one who noticed??

Mr. Cogswell, The Jetsons
Mr. Cogswell is the owner and president of Cogswell Cogs, a formidable competitor to Spaceley's Sprockets, which is in turn George Jetson's employer. One of the humorous elements of the show, or so the writers would like to think, is that they never explain what a sprocket or cog is, or why they're such big business and apparantely interchangeable (seeing as the two presidents fight over the same accounts and employees in just about every episode. I'm thinking they're like the doo-dads and thingies and widgets that we use every day.) Anyway, some might think that Spacely, seen in the video screen, is the villain because he bothers George more than Cogswell does any day of the week. But Cogswell truly is the ruthless get-ahead-by-any-means character whose monkey wrench cog causes the bulk of the trouble on this show

Hector Con Carne, Grim and Evil
Hector Con Carne is on my BIG WANT list for a better screengrab. If you click this pic you'll be whisked away to a site that, while incomplete, has the potential to be the Cartoon Cartoon resource of the ages. Not only is Hector Cartoon Network's newest addition to the cartoon world (and best, considering how bad recent offerings like "Sheep In The Big City" have been...), but he's also the newest "disembodied brain wreaking havoc on an unwitting populace." Much like Krang of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fame, he rides around in a coopted body.... in this case it's a big, stupid, purple bear named BoBo or something. Ain't life grand? If you'll hop on over to the "Don't Knock The Noggin" page of the Featured Villains section (over in the lefthand sidebar, Smarticus...) you can read up on all of the other exposed brains of the villainous persuasion.

Count Duckula, Count Duckula (and Dangermouse)
This new addition comes courtesy of Loneheart, who also filled us in on Baron Silas Greenback's history. Take it away, Loneheart!

Count Duckula actually made his debut on the Dangermouse show, where Dangermouse first encountered him while trying to obtain ingredients for an antidote. A vicious, green, stage-struck vampire duck, he proved so funny that the shows creators invited him back for two more stories, one of which was a team up of villains lead by Baron Greenback. The character having proven his worth, he was granted his own series, the introduction of which explained that like any other vampire, Duckula was killed occasionally, and had to be regenerated according to a magical rite involving blood. The introduction went on to explain that it wasn't a good idea to use tomato sauce as a substitute unless you liked your vampires vegetarian. In a series about a vampire, of course, it's only natural that the vampire hunter, who would normally be the good guy, is the villain. Duckula was ineptly assisted by Igor, a buzzard butler, and the gigantic Nanny, who was some kind of chicken, appeared to be immune to sunlight in this incarnation and also had the ability to teleport his whole castle around the world, so long as it was back by Transylvanian sunrise.

Thanks Loneheart!