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Link to original post: [drupal=1442]The Top 5 Must Under Appreciated Villains[/drupal]
Bad guys always make stuff more interesting. Face it, Mario just wouldn't be the same without Bowser. I was originally going to just write a top five list of the most awesome bad guys. But then I though, "you know, I'm going to write about the ones that don't get as much attention." So here you go, the top five most under appreciated villains.
5: Dark Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga):
If you're a watcher of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, you'll know the running joke about Bakura never getting much screen time. I'll be honest, this is true in both Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters and in the manga. The reason why I choose the manga incarnation of this guy was because he was greatly toned down in all other versions. While in the anime he was just really really evil, in the manga he was somewhere between really evil and down right insane. There were a lot of scenes I could talk about that made this guy one of my favorites was the scene where he's standing over Pegasus' coprse holding the Millennium Eye. He starts to mockingly lick the blood off of it and says, "see you Hell, Pegasus."
4: Gul Madred (Star Trek: The Next Generation):
It's a shame that this guy was just a minor villain, because he was the villain of one of the best episodes in the series. In the episode "Chain of Command" Picard is captured by Cardasians who then proceed to have this guy interrogate him. Gul Madred then focuses on making Picard break by destroying his mental as well has his physical state. Throughout the episode, he asks him "how many lights are there?" as he turns on four lights. Picard says that he only see's four, but Gul Madred insists that there's five. Here's a clip from the very end of this episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eSwq1ewsU&feature=rec-HM-r2
3: Imhotep (The Mummy)
I'm not just saying this because I freaking loved The Mummy, I'm saying this because Imhotep was a bloody awesome bad guy. One thing that I liked about him in particular was how he really wans't that bad of a guy before the whole "getting eaten alive by the scarabs and being cursed for all eternity" thing. I mean really, all he wanted was to be with... the Pharaoh's girl and... um... okay, so he wasn't freaky genocide dude until they put a curse on him but still. Imhotep stands out as an excellent example of a good bad guy in my book.
2: Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI):
Clowns are scary, insane clowns with a political status are even more frightening. Kefka was an amazing villain who's spot was usurped by Sephiroth when Final Fantasy VII came out. It's a shame too, because this man was creepy, evil and almost... well, he's basically the Joker of Final Fantasy. And I just want to say this (WARNING! FINAL FANTASY VI SPOILERS AHEAD!), he did the whole "become a god" thing before Sephiroth did.
1: Creed Diskenth (Black Cat (anime):
If anyone ever asked me what I consider to be the perfect villain, I would point to Creed. I describe him as "semi-fabulous." For those of you who are confused on what I mean by that, look at characters like Pegasus J. Crawford from Yu-Gi-Oh or Zarbon from Dragonball Z, those are fabulous characters. I usually just get gay vibes from fabulous characters, but Creed was just fabulous enough to the point where instead of getting gay vibes, it comes off as really creepy. He's also down right insane, but not so insane to the point where he's the Joker, but just insane enough where you can only stare at him, kind of thrown off guard and a little creeped out.
Well, that's what I consider to be the five most under appreciated villains.
Bad guys always make stuff more interesting. Face it, Mario just wouldn't be the same without Bowser. I was originally going to just write a top five list of the most awesome bad guys. But then I though, "you know, I'm going to write about the ones that don't get as much attention." So here you go, the top five most under appreciated villains.
5: Dark Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga):
If you're a watcher of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, you'll know the running joke about Bakura never getting much screen time. I'll be honest, this is true in both Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters and in the manga. The reason why I choose the manga incarnation of this guy was because he was greatly toned down in all other versions. While in the anime he was just really really evil, in the manga he was somewhere between really evil and down right insane. There were a lot of scenes I could talk about that made this guy one of my favorites was the scene where he's standing over Pegasus' coprse holding the Millennium Eye. He starts to mockingly lick the blood off of it and says, "see you Hell, Pegasus."
4: Gul Madred (Star Trek: The Next Generation):
It's a shame that this guy was just a minor villain, because he was the villain of one of the best episodes in the series. In the episode "Chain of Command" Picard is captured by Cardasians who then proceed to have this guy interrogate him. Gul Madred then focuses on making Picard break by destroying his mental as well has his physical state. Throughout the episode, he asks him "how many lights are there?" as he turns on four lights. Picard says that he only see's four, but Gul Madred insists that there's five. Here's a clip from the very end of this episode: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_eSwq1ewsU&feature=rec-HM-r2
3: Imhotep (The Mummy)
I'm not just saying this because I freaking loved The Mummy, I'm saying this because Imhotep was a bloody awesome bad guy. One thing that I liked about him in particular was how he really wans't that bad of a guy before the whole "getting eaten alive by the scarabs and being cursed for all eternity" thing. I mean really, all he wanted was to be with... the Pharaoh's girl and... um... okay, so he wasn't freaky genocide dude until they put a curse on him but still. Imhotep stands out as an excellent example of a good bad guy in my book.
2: Kefka Palazzo (Final Fantasy VI):
Clowns are scary, insane clowns with a political status are even more frightening. Kefka was an amazing villain who's spot was usurped by Sephiroth when Final Fantasy VII came out. It's a shame too, because this man was creepy, evil and almost... well, he's basically the Joker of Final Fantasy. And I just want to say this (WARNING! FINAL FANTASY VI SPOILERS AHEAD!), he did the whole "become a god" thing before Sephiroth did.
1: Creed Diskenth (Black Cat (anime):
If anyone ever asked me what I consider to be the perfect villain, I would point to Creed. I describe him as "semi-fabulous." For those of you who are confused on what I mean by that, look at characters like Pegasus J. Crawford from Yu-Gi-Oh or Zarbon from Dragonball Z, those are fabulous characters. I usually just get gay vibes from fabulous characters, but Creed was just fabulous enough to the point where instead of getting gay vibes, it comes off as really creepy. He's also down right insane, but not so insane to the point where he's the Joker, but just insane enough where you can only stare at him, kind of thrown off guard and a little creeped out.
Well, that's what I consider to be the five most under appreciated villains.
