Greatest Villian of All Time (You Decide)

[TiQuinn]

I don't know about the greatest villian of all time but I'll throw out some other suggestions:

Professor Moriarty, Ozymandias (Watchmen), Bill Sykes, Hannibal Lecter (villain? antihero, maybe?), Mother (Psycho), Eva Galli (Ghost Story), Randall Flagg (The Stand), The Wicked Witch (Wizard of Oz), and Lady MacBeth.

 

[Hand of Evil]

This poll is broken...

Dr. Evil is missing, the Big Bads from Buffy, Shadows from B5, The Master from Dr. Who, and sooooo many more!

 

[jaerdaph]

Definitely "Other".

The number one villain of all time is Hands down Sherlock Holmes's greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

Second runner up: the nefarious Fu Manchu.

Question - why Darth Maul and no Darth Vader? I mean, even Snidely Whiplash (Dudley Dooright) or the Frog (Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse, anyone old enough to remember them?) should have make the poll list before Darth Maul!

 

[Cedric]

Fiction...

Have to go with Darth Vader on this one. I know he's an old standby, but what a great villain.

Non-fiction...

Josef Stalin all the way...what a world class loser and all around bad guy.

Cedric

 

[kenjib]

My vote goes to Grendel. What can I say? I like villains that rip your arms off and drink your blood while your friends cower in the corner. Although, if I were to be fair I would have to vote for Cain instead. He's really the primal archetype for Grendel anyway, and the impact of Cain on the history of how we understand villainy in the Western consciousness is unsurpassed.

 

[TiQuinn]

Interesting, but no one's mentioned the guy with the horns and pitchfork yet.

 

[ForceUser]

Interesting, but no one's mentioned the guy with the horns and pitchfork yet.

That's because he's a joke.

I vote Darth Vader. Darth Maul isn't a villain, he's a thug. Big difference.

 

[The_lone_gunman]

Gerald Tarrant from the cold fire trilogy

Fistandantilus is definately one of my favorites

I have to admit I am a big Artemis Entreri fan as well.


Probably the ultimate villan would be Adolf Hitler.


TLG

 

[kenjib]

Interesting, but no one's mentioned the guy with the horns and pitchfork yet.

Oops, you're right. Let me change my comment to almost unsurpassed.

 

[TiQuinn]

Oops, you're right. Let me change my comment to almost unsurpassed.

Cain may also have to slug it out with Judas over the second place prize!