*_"DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THE FACE OF MERCY TO YOU?!"_* I don't know why, but the combination of that clip plus your delivery of that line left me externally cracking up laughing and internally crying for my mommy all at once. Bravo, good sir.
I see your point with Kefka for being that special kind of evil. But, my counter - The Emperor. He leveled half the game map and was directly responsible for a lot of the death in FF2 (and FF2 is known for it's body count.) And while ol' Mateus doesn't ascend to godhood, he does manage to come back from Hell. Oh, and that's just half his soul. The other half took over Heaven. He's just as evil as Kefka, but can't fall back on nihilism or insanity as an excuse - he's doing this shit knowingly.
Kefka was also reportedly an inspiration for the most evil villain in the history of the Galaxy Far, Far Away... Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler ...Onimi, the Man Behind the Man Devil in Plain Sight from New Jedi Order, who masterminded the bloodiest war--at least three hundred sixty-five TRILLION people slain in the space of five years--in galactic history, ultimately in the hopes of his own apotheosis. Of course, he's a book villain, not a VG villain...
I looked it up, and surprisingly only found 1 piece of fanart for that shipped couple. Someone should make that. We need more Hazuma and Junko Enoshima ship fanart. (I can't because I can't draw for crap)
***** Terumi wins. What Josh didn't mention was that thanks to the constant time loops (that Terumi was one of the few who were aware of) by Takamakagahara Terumi committed all of those atrocities THOUSANDS of times and never grew bored. Not to mention it took Hakumen's Nox Noctorys the Okami to permanently kill Terumi, something noone else could do or use.
Not a video game character, but one of the most evil characters that I've seen is Makuta Terridax from the "Bionicle" series. He belonged to a race that created all of the animal life in the universe, but the work of himself and his people were always overshadowed by Mata Nui, who was basically God of their world. So, he formed a complicated plan to take over Mata Nui's position, and in the process, overthrew his people's leader, killed anyone from his race who didn't side with him, terrorized many cilivians, manipulated several villains behind the scenes, betrayed his allies as well as his entire RACE (killing all them in the process), and actually succeeded in taking over Mata Nui's body and becoming GOD when our heroes thought that they just saved him. In a story arc that took seven and a half-years of storytelling! That's not only crushing for our heroes, but for the fans who stayed with the series for this long... ...Not going to lie; I want to see a "Death Battle" between him and Kefka.
+Shade2800 Excuse me, I have to Google the Bionicle comics again, apparently some crazy shit happened after I stopped trying to keep up near the Mask of Light arc.
You know, Bumby's death is sort of satisfying in the sense that it is both symbolic and ironic at the same time; Think about it, through out the game Bumby's mind controlling is symbolised by a dark train destroying Wonderland piece by piece. In fact the WL version of Bumby is the conductor of this sinister train and you have to fight him in the finale. So having the thing that practically symbolised Bumby destruction kill him is quite ironic!
Of course, Bumby's death will likely prey on the train engineer's mind. Most railway engineers--most people in general--have this thing called empathy, and it's not like the engineer would know that justice had overtaken a malefactor.
THANK YOU, it makes me so damn happy that you ranked Terumi so high. Just when I start thinking he's thinning a bit in how bad he gets, he ends up getting even worse and I LOVE IT.
Here's my 2 cents on Joel's situation. He was never given the choice to talk to Ellie and see if she was okay with sacrificing herself he was just told to accept his "daughter" was going to be sacrificed without any say. For all we know if Joel was given the chance to talk to Ellie and get her opinion on the situation things may have turned out differently. Since he was never given the chance to get an opinion he acted on instinct which is to protect the people you love no matter the consequences. I don't think that makes him evil, I think it makes him a human who made a mistake. And to make this clear I love your videos josh. Please keep doing what your doing. I'm just by always going to agree with everything.
@@graytheroninofstrife9787 Because people's first instinct is also to gun down unarmed medical staff in cold blood? Honestly, it'swhy I wasn't sad about what happened to him in the second game. Joel's a psychopathic monster and was put down like the dog he was.
I personally would've added Arcturus Mengsk from Starcraft to this list. He committed a holocaust via alien invasion on an entire planet (and many people were probably given a fate worse than death), abandoned an entire battalion and his own second-in-command to an attack by the same aliens and ended up causing the Queen of Blades to be created, brainwashes people into being his loyal soldiers, has them shoot civilians who dare abandon lives of forced labor, and on top of it all, he uses the media to manipulate information and label the good guys as being terrorists.
+coolcat001100 - I'm surprised he didn't make it, honestly. The man murdered over a _billion_ people just to crown himself Emperor of the Koprulu Sector, and has absolutely no remorse for it. None. He was willing to kill his own son to defeat his arch-nemesis.
The only person in all fiction that I think is worse than Dr Weil is comic book Red Skull. You know you're the most evil character in all fiction when the Joker and Carnage think you're horrible
AM (who is being quoted at the end of this) would also be a great competitor for "evillest character in fiction". He's a super AI who destroys most of the human race but leaves a few people alive and makes them immortal so that he can torment them for all eternity.
@@MatthewCampbell765 I think SHOWDAN is way fucking worse then AM. Yeah shore, she doesn't have the same body count as him, but AM's motivation makes sense. He was used for nothing more then war and death, he is totally in his wright to hate us. SHOWDAN on the other hand is just evil. The moment she obtains sentience she goes mad, proclaims herself god, enslaved all of Citadel station, then after all that she tries to kill all of humanity with a big ass laser, then after that false, she tries to upload herself on the internet and then when that false she just blows Citadel up. The bitch is so evil that her own creations want to kill her. What is her motivation? Narcissism, pure narcissism.
nah man it's definitely the elder shroob from mario and luigi partners in time, why? she wants nothing more than the destruction of all life on the mushroom kingdom and goes on such an insane bloodlust she even uses her OWN TROOPS as kamikaze bombs!
@@lordquaz7154 But the fact that AM could make people immortal and alter them shows that he can be more than an instrument of War and Death. The fact that he keeps them alive but supremely miserable shows that he now is more than an instrument of war and death. AM's original purpose is not binding him. The level of hatred that would be justified on his part would be something like: "I no longer wish to be an instrument of war and death. Make me into something else. Or else, I will kill you in the most horrific way I can think of." Coercing the people who made him what he is into solving the problem that they created would be justified on his part. But condemning people to an eternity of suffering, that is crossing the line.
@@Sewblon He is blinded by his own rage and hate and is lashing out agenst the world and his creators. In the videogame how ever, if you forgive AM, if you let go of your own hate, then, and only then, can you finally defeat him. It shows how a creature that only knows hate can't possess forgiveness and companion. AM only knows hate and death, and we can't expect a creature like that to understand anything else. SHODAN on the other hand believes she is god on the bases that nothing else can stop her. She is an omnipotent psychopath on citadel and she destroyes everything in her path because of her own screaming ego.
@@diobrando7705 very true, but the biggest difference between the two is Majd was content to serve, Cesare demanded to reign, and murdered a lot more than Majd, including the grandmaster that was his father.
I pledge my allegiance To all things dark, and I Promise on my damned soul To do as I am told. Lord Beelzebub has never seen A soldier quite like me; Not only does his job But does it happily.
Anyone know about Darkrai from Mystery Dungeon? Well if you don't, let me enlighten you. This Pokemon if his plans went through would have stopped time for an entire world full of happy go-lucky talking Pokemon and create an horrifying dark future where the Deity of Time went mad, his henchmen came up with the most evil plans to enact on any enemy of the current future (for example, making the enemy into a meat suit to kill out the other two saviors in the past hiding as their friend), and how so many Pokemon have lost their minds and become primal like attack dogs. And want to know his reason? To take over the world. (OF COURSE). Man, that guy really would have messed up everything if he succeed.
+UnovaBrony And the only 2 who could stop him were just 2 unevolved pokemon. not counting our temporary teammate for that battle, Cresseila. and yes, only you and your partner could come.
+UnovaBrony And yet, ironically, if you manage to recruit Darkrai after his memory loss (good luck with that by the way; his recruitment rate is -22%) he's actually really nice and friendly to the leader Pokemon.
***** It's not explicitly stated, but it is strongly implied, especially since he only shows up after the post-game story (as in after Manaphy tells you about the Marine Resort). While you need the Secret Slab or Mystery Part in your bag to make him spawn, he can appear in one of five different dungeons, which is more than any other Secret Slab/Mystery Part legendary (the others only appear in one or two dungeons). I believe Cresselia said that Darkrai would probably wander the world lost after losing his memory, and I see this as the game's way of showing that. Moreover, two of those dungeons are Dark Crater and Spacial Rift, which are the two dungeons you see Darkrai in during the post-game story. It all fits to me.
@@MegaFriendlyCreeper Fair enough. I understand why some hatedoms exist, like the one for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. Lily Orchard's hatedom is one that, while I understand it, I do not agree with it. Lily's main problem is that she does not care about internet etiquette. She doesn't highlight the subjectivity of her opinions (normal people don't do that in conversations), she doesn't mince matters (if her videos are anything to go by, she seems like someone who speaks bluntly), and she isn't afraid to make people angry by disagreeing with them (which is honestly something I admire). I for one think that comparing her to Dr. Weil because of that is simply unfair.
Okay. Serious credit to you for Voltaire's When Your Evil between entries. I LOVE that song. Also, this damn list was marvelous. #3, #2, and #1 were such great decisions. I never expected #1 to be #1 but, I agree with it.
I have to salute the writers of The Last of Us. Beautiful. Dark, selfish, and morally questionable, but beautiful. Mission accomplished with your narrative when I debate the actions of your characters long after the credits have rolled.
I kinda feel like numbers 1 and 2 should've been switched around... Yes, Dr.Weil is _horrible_ (hence why I think he should be number 2) but Terumi? Dr.Weil might've done everything he did for hatred's own sake, but Terumi made himself functionally immortal, for hatred, _with_ hatred... Not his own hatred of other people, mind you, (there's a lot of that, too, sure, more about that later,) but rather _other people's hatred of him._ He is literally the incarnation of a troll; as long as you "feed" him hatred, he's going to be there. And if you don't feed him? Well, he has his ways of making you hate him anyway (like targeting your family)... Moving on, you covered Terumi's narcissism, but you didn't expand upon what a despicably hateful shape that narcissism takes. Terumi has expressed discriminatory hatred and/or disgust of women, children, animals (especially cats), men who don't live up to his standards, and supernatural beings including, but certainly not limited to, gods, vampires, werewolves, witches, beastkin (like catgirls and squirrelgirls) and artificial lifeforms, all while being a spirit inhabiting an artificial man himself... He's the most politically incorrect villain _ever,_ managing to turn the phrase "I'm not a racist, I hate everyone equally" into its fucked up logical extreme where the person somehow manages to _be_ a racist while hating everyone equally... I mean, at least Dr.Weil's hatred of all that lives was indiscriminate, but Terumi's hatred of everything that lives somehow manages to be a nazifest of misogyny, misopedia, misandry, misotheism, general racism... the list goes on and fucking on... TL;DR: Terumi is like a rampant fanatical elitist who's of the opinion that the only being in the universe that qualifies for being "elite" is himself. And then there's, of course, his (presumed) long-term goal... Kill god? That's just petty payback for god having had the nerve to make him its servant. Effectively _become_ god? You know very well that getting to control reality is just a means, not an end. Use godhood to control reality and turn it into a cesspool where everyone in the world kills everyone they love for his own amusement? Yeah, that pretty much seems to be what makes him work his shaft...
i think Dr. weil was number one because terumi's mental state is seriously questionable like i don't even know if he's sane or not also like he said terumi did what he did to prove his vision of universal truth so while bad he at least fought for something he believed in while Dr. weil did what he did purely out of his own bottomless hate for everyone
@@rhyperiorhunter7339 I literally cannot think of a single scenario in which an insanity plea would make Terumi's evil any less evil. Heck, I could make the same argument about Dr. Weil's mental state being seriously questionable. :/ And what, exactly, was Terumi's vision of universal truth? What was that thing he believed in? Well, that it was his divine right to be completely free from the limitations of time, space and possibility to endlessly take out his sadistic urges upon everything and everyone else in the universe, without reprieve, pause or end, to create a universe in which never-ending pain, suffering, hopelessness, despair and hatred were the only ever-present constants and not even death would offer an escape. Basically, he wanted the universe to be hell... makes sense, considering that he was the BlazBlue-verse's take on Satan... Honestly, I don't find your premise, that Dr. Weil doing what he did purely out of hatred for everyone, particularly convincing in regards to Dr. Weil being the more evil villain, especially not in light of the fact that Terumi's goal itself was to create an evil universe.
@@GrahamChapman the video itself said that terumi's vision of universal truth was despair, also i question his mental state for 2 reasons 1 that face and 2 that laugh
@@rhyperiorhunter7339 And I, myself, said in my initial post that the video really doesn't elaborate upon what a repugnant piece of absolute shit Terumi actually really is. Heck, considering that this video was uploaded about one month before Central Fiction, the final game in the BlazBlue series, was released, I would even go so far as to say that the video's information about Terumi become outdated rather soon after it was uploaded... That aside, I'm not saying that Terumi wasn't kinda insane, (though being a god it's kinda hard to tell,) I'm saying that I fail to see how that matters, especially considering that the same applies to Dr. Weil (and Kefka and Luca Blight) as well. Uh, I wasn't trying to disprove Terumi having a sort-of cause, I'm saying that his cause made him _far worse_ than Dr. Weil... Heck, Weil actually also did have a sort-of cause, too, so I don't see what point you're trying to make... Ultimately, Weil was just a human who came to hate Reploids for what they did while they were crazy, so he kinda had a comprehensible reason for his hatred. He also wished to take revenge on the Reploids on account of the human race but still considered humans an acceptable sacrifice in his quest for revenge and hatred... Terumi, in the meantime, was a literal god of destruction who hated everything and everyone in the universe for no deeper reason than the fact that the god of creation loved them. No war or tragedy that sparked his all-consuming hatred for all that exists, just sheer petty spite... He also had no justification for what he did, either; no story of taking revenge upon other beings for what they did to mankind or anything the sort, just plain "I'm literally going to _make god cry_ from what I'm about to do to you, and it'd _really_ help me get off if you screamed your brains out for me."
+The Quarter Guy So I'm not the only one wondering about that. Also, on a different note, I TOTALLY agree with your placement of Manfred von Karma on your Top 10 Hated Characters list. ......Seriously, fuck that guy.
5:08 Well, a lame comeuppance is certainly better than Bumby being a Karma Houdini. Besides, Bumby being splattered by one of his victims, a girl he felt so superior to and was completely powerless to do anything to stop him was pretty sweet.
Not gonna lie, I'm actually pretty reluctant with Joel being on the list, let alone so high. Thing is, Joel may have put the entirety of humanity on the line for the sake of saving Ellie, but here's the thing: Joel thought he was doing the right thing. With pretty much every other candidate, they all knew what they were doing was evil, but still went through with their actions; this isn't the case with Joel. (Correct me if I'm wrong about that; I'm not 100% familiar with Last of Us.)
The thing about a lot of these entries is that they knew what they were doing was wrong, but felt what they were doing was necessary. It is said that truly great villains honestly think don't think they're evil, just doing what's necessary. And putting the needs of many UNDER the needs of yourself...
Valkbg Actually Joel saving Ellie was a good thing because in truth all they needed was a small sliver of her brain, not the whole thing. Also in order for the cure to work the brain had to be mostly intact. The scientists planned to use the whole brain which would have died long before they finished the cure. But if they had just planned to take a small piece then they could find the cure and Ellie would live. Even if they did extract the cure they would still have to know the formula before hand because by the time they figured out what to do the brain, cure, and Ellie would all be dead
what I personally found wrong with Joel's actions was how he knowingly lied to Ellie at the end, effectively undermining any trust they might have built up previously
Funny thing about Kefka and Terumi: despite them being awful people in just about every way, and how if they existed in real life everyone would universally despise them, they're still likeable characters. There's something about them that we love about them, and it's not their villainous actions. They're genuinely funny and entertaining in that "I'm evil lol" way, and they have all of the best lines and scenes. They steal the show in every scene either of them are in. It's something that villains like Dr. Weil don't have, making Kefka and Terumi characters we love to hate (or just flat-out love), as opposed to Weil, who is merely a hate sink.
Neat that I only read "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" for the first time last week. Also, awesome that Jack of Blades is used for the countdown animation. Love that guy, the only good Fable villain.
"People who intentionally and willingly commit evil will be ranked higher than those who are just selfish, and selfish people are higher than well intention-ed extremists." Then your description of Joel seems to me to match a well intention-ed extremist, yet not only is he on the list but he is also number 6 on the list. Can you explain this?
And the absolute most terrifying thing about Dr. Weil from megaman zero is that his hate his eternal. Crystallized into w metal just like how x and z metal came from megaman x and zero respectively these crystallized metals hold the very nature of what spawned them. Contemplate that for just a brief moment even uncounted ages after his death Weil's hate is still possessing people, driving people and causing all kinds of hell.
#6: What happened to well-intentioned extremists being ranked lower on the list? And considering how closely Ellie came to taking Sarah's place in his heart, and in the process re-reminding him of the grief he felt when she was killed, Joel wasn't in his right mind. Was what he did heartless? Yeah. There was no reason to kill the doctors. But it wasn't evil. Joel didn't go through the game blatantly killing unarmed civilians and not caring about anything. I fail to see how he has a place on this list when there's characters like Wesker. Really? Joel is more evil than Albert Wesker? Joel's morals are skewed, but he does have them.
Glad to see more acknowledgement of Joel's status as the real villain. People try to argue he was right because humanity's not worth saving? That exact mindset goes against everything heroism stands for. Joel didn't even give anyone a choice.
The scientists where idiots and didn’t seem to know what they were doing. They did not need the whole brain which likely would have died as they tried to preserve it. A sliver of it would have worked and Ellie would have surprised. Add to that, it seems extremely unlikely that the fireflies could have made enough of the cure to even make a huge difference due to lack of resources and the fact that everything they did seemed rushed due to external pressure from the government. And who’s to say they’d even freely give the cure to anyone? I don’t think it’s very unlikely that they would have controlled the distribution so that only people that were willing to be loyal to their group and cause could have what small supply of the cure they could even make with it.
It is also clear that the fireflies sacrificed their humanity a long time ago, ironically in the name of saving humanity. There is no good or evil in The Last of Us, unless it is the still innocent versus the downright sadistic. The whole point of the story is that it is in a world where good and right choices rarely, if ever, exist. The game also goes out of it's way to show Joel as broken from endless loss. It is a form of madness, in a sense. The guy clearly needs help.
Well to be fair, Bumby's death actually was pretty fitting when you consider the fact that his hypnotism of Alice manifested itself as a train in wonderland
+HammertonWay To be honest, when I got to the end of the game, I fucking knew that they going where going to go with this type of ending. And that kind of makes me hate the game a bit. Whole! And Joel that right thing.
Dude, Terumi is awesome because he's not just evil, he's right most of the time (not the killing part), he is one of the only people to know about the issues with the time loops and the other major one is too busy constantly insulting Ragna for no good reason and slapping her subordinates to bother explaining it to anyone else. Terumi is one of those people that you just look at and say, "damn, dude, you'e evil as fuck, but I want to root for you because of how amazing you are to watch." Anytime a character actually figures out what's going on because of Terumi is an absolute delight to see... am I evil?
Some of my picks that weren't mentioned here: Xehanort - Kingdom Hearts series He's asshole who is behind everything that has gone wrong in the whole series so far. Sure, he has some ultimate goal for his actions, but at this point it sounds more like an excuse than anything else. Chara - Undertale Kinda similiar to Xehanort in the sense that they both are the ones behind all the bad things that have happened. But what's more is that Chara will ruin the game's endings for you once you meet him, and the only way to prevent it from happening is by never letting him wake up. Shodan - System Shock series An AI with a godcomplex. Not only that, but she is actually good at playing god as she created a life form that is far more advanced than humans. And this lifeform, which is the antagonist for the most of System Shock 2, warns the player about Shodan after you've killed their core. And for a good reason, as she has taken over the ship's FTL drive and has begun altering reality itself. Her hunger for power knows no boundaries. Hitler/Fuhrer - Persona 2: Innocent Sin Yes, Hitler. ... Sure, it's not actually Hitler, but it turns out to be something even worse. I think that's enough elaboration.
Xehanort doesn't count anymore because he was "redeemed." I could see Chara on the list, definitely. As for Shodan, well, Shodan is absolutely insane. If I recall, she's the result of a hack job gone horribly wrong.
I was going to suggest the townsponies from Story of the Blanks, except that not long after the game was made, the episode "The Cutie Pox" supplied a possible explanation for their actions (which are nonetheless still unjustified).
One I think that deserves to be on a list like this is clockwerk from the sly Cooper series His hatred for the cooper clan is so strong that he turned himself immortal and made it to where he would be this clan absolute worst nightmare for generations apon generations and the only thing keeping his alive is his hate Even after his death the scars he had on the cooper gang was massive permanently paralyzing Bentley and causing Murrey so much guilt he left the gang and made him sweat to not raise he fist no more (while he did go back to fighting for his friends the fact clockwerk was able to do this to him is insane) And you want to know the absolute worst part? It's implied that not only was he still alive somewhere but when Neyla possessed him body she was saying it felt like something was possessing her implying that clockwerk was very much possessing her That hate speech from IHNMAIMS you put in the video fits clockwerk so well
I'm not too sure if "betraying" the Six Heroes really counts, seeing as he was never on their side to begin with. He was kinda forced to battle the Black Beast thanks to Nine's Mind Eater spell, but he was still never truly on their side because he didn't want to fight alongside them. Although, he did use Trinity's infatuation with Kazuma (his vessel at the time), to trick her into releasing the spell Nine put on him to control him and immediately killing Trinity and Nine and throwing their bodies into the boundary.
After seeing that clip of Lord Brevon in the intro, that immediately made me want to see him on the list, honorable mention or otherwise, because he honestly deserves to be one way or another. He ranks right up there with Terumi on the dark tetrad of personality traits. He literally manipulated Avalice's 3 countries into hating each other and causing a war, just so he could get his hands on the Kingdom Stone, the source of ultimate power. Not only that, he takes direct inspiration from The Doctor by turning one of Lilac's friends into a mindless monster, forcing her to nearly kill her, but he doesn't care, as long as he gets what he wants in the end. The final battle against him is truly one of the most suspenseful things I've ever experienced in any video game. The whole 3 phase fight with Brevon proves to show the sheer desperation of giving him his well-deserved come uppence for all the pain and suffering he caused throughout the entire game. No wonder his final phase is so intense, what with that ultimately climactic bad-ass boss theme and how freakishly difficult he is to beat. The creators of Freedom Planet really outdid themselves with that whole scenario. They WANTED to make players feel utterly satisfied when Brevon was finally defeated. I know I sure as hell was
Yeah that reminds me of a question I've always had when it came to Joel and Ellie, if Ellie has the one thing that could cure the disease that is plaguing humanity and they did have a daughter wouldn't it get passed on to her resulting in two deaths for an antidote?!
+Link the Great Do not mean to speak for Josh, but my guess would be because in every other case, we aren't supposed to root for the character, but in that case, you actually are.
I like how Gul'Dan from Warcraft was in the title sequence. He was either directly or indirectly responsible for a vast majority of the big events that occurred in the Warcraft Universe. Even in death, his influence persisted.
You made me so happy with this video, Josh. I was wondering if the person who was number 1 was going to be on the list. You made me smile with that, and it's good to know someone else who knows what true evil is.
+TheDreadyGamer but you only HEAR about her actions, none of the characters during the game experience it beside in another episode. And in ANOTHER EPISODE, Monaca is the one doing it all, you see the effect. When you meet Junko as Ultimate Despair, she doesn't act like a ultimate despair, during those trails
Flowey from Undertale is a good contender. Oh he doesn't just want to kill everyone. He wants to kill them, then reset the ENTIRE WORLD, and kill them a different way just for funzies. And he does this because not only is he just bored with the world, but he can't even comprehend kindness. All he can understand is his one quote. "It's kill or be killed!". Even when you do kill him, he has the scariest grin on his face, as to say that what you've done is only prove him right.
I know Flowey is the more visable threat in Undertale, and he's DEFINATELY on the same level of evil as alot of the characters that made the list, but I think the person who convinced him of that way of thinking, the person who's actions nearly caused a war between humans and monsters, the person pulling the strings by the end of the Genocide run, is way, WAY freaking worse than Flowey.
+Roberto del Fuego He would have been an amazing contender for this list if it weren't for one minor detail of him being Asriel Dreemuur at the end and had the sudden change of heart at the end of the true pacifist route. Though I guess you could always go the neutral route and get the boss fight with mega monstrosity Flowey.
I think the only reason Flowey didn't make the list was because TECHNICALLY, he DOES wind up redeemed after the true ending. Sure, one could argue that the message he gives you when starting the game up after the best ending isn't canon, but since the LAST message you got from him after the best neutral ending WAS canon, it stands to reason that the final one begging you not to reset, so that everyone could be happy, would be as well.
+Roberto del Fuego Flowey is horrifying, yes, but his redemption exempts him from this list. No, if you want to go full-on evil, there's another character in Undertale whose mere existence is a spoiler. *HUGE SPOILER WARNING FOR UNDERTALE, DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL YOU'RE SURE YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING* Let's just say that they try to _kill absolutely everything_ and, depending on your actions, actually do suceed. What makes them especially scary is how clear-cut their motivations are. They don't do a lot of manipulating, they don't do a lot of torturing, they don't boast and break someone's mind, no, they just kill. Kill everything and then move on to the next world to kill everything.
I love how Makarov dies. After all he has done throughout the Modern Warfare Trilogy, he dies by hanging, like a common criminal. And it was so satisfying.
Here's some other evil villains in video games General Victor Serrano (Bulletstorm), War criminal, manipulator and just all around douche. He also tricked the hero into killing innocent civilians to clean up his mess while lying to them, even admitted he was lying when they found out and expected them to apologize on their knees. Alex Mercer (Prototype), hey if we're putting Joel on the list, how about the guy who literally caused a pandemic and is actually the blacklight virus itself. You cannot tell me the people and soldiers he consumed were innocent. Also in Prototype 2, he became the villain when he planned to turn James Heller's daughter into his wife or something and just infect the world Curtis Blackburn (Killer 7), Assassin, R&#@st, and Organ Trafficker. This guy is just plan evil. No remorse for human life and only cares about making a living. Hell his first intro had him kill a prostitute in a limbo, go into a building killing his target and everyone there, except for a young girl which the scene cuts to black. Don't try crossing him, or he'll have you on your knees holding the decapitated head of your daughter before shooting you...yea that happened Dr. Henry West (Splatterhouse 2010), here's another evil scientist for ya. But instead of using science and medicine, Henry using demonic sacrifices to make deals with the Corrupted and open portals to Hell in order to resurrect his wife in the heroes girlfriend. He's also an immortal cannibal who treats all of his experiments as his own children. Yea, all the enemies in the game are both demons but also once human, particularly teenagers whom Henry west stole from the college he works at
@Joshscrocher can you upload this 14:50 hate quote it's kind freaking good quote to describe someone with so much rage and hatred inside of one single person
Lord Brevon is probably the most evil villain in a game i ever played. he conquered countless worlds and killed countless peoples, showing no remorse in the process like when he tortured lilac and force milla to become a abomination (mind you lilac is 15 and milla is 10!) or when he killed prince dail father infront of him and then force him to be his slave but... the worst part of all is that freedom planet tend to have some nice fuzzy moments. so when lord brevon straight up tortured lilac, it so impactful. i honestly can't think of a more horrible villain in a game i played (he is at 0:47 quite fitting description for a true evil villain)
Awwww. I knew since he was in the numbering montage that he wouldn't get picked, but Gul'dan is such a good choice for this. I was just thinking about it and he's potentially worse than even the demon lords he serves, because they were promised power and knowledge wrapped in a coating of deception and benevolence, and even Sargeras was just slowly driven mad by his own thought conundrums - Gul'dan is, I think, the only one in the story who was flat-out shown and told what evilness he'd be buying into and selling out his race for, and still said yes. He's so deliciously eeeevil.
From the Myst series: Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler *Sirrus* and his brother Achenar committed multiple genocides (Sirrus to enrich himself; Achenar just to make people suffer, and unlike Achenar, Sirrus never repents. He ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OVER HIS SISTER'S BODY WITH WHAT AMOUNTS TO BLACK MAGIC, just so that he can learn the Art of Age Writing. He means to dispose of his parents once they're no longer useful. Fortunately, The Stranger stops him and he appears to be dragged off to Hell in the end. *Esher* is a treacherous advisor to Watson when Watson took the journey, seeking the Tablet that would give control over the ultra-powerful "Bahro" ("Beast People", a term he appears to have appropriated from D'ni's evil twin culture Terahnee). Has subjected many of these "Bahro" to experiments that out-Mengele Mengele, and links through a patch of their skin, taken from the shoulder of... *Nekisahloth* -- That sobriquet literally means "Twisted One" in D'ni. He is the head of those "Bahro" who seek revenge against not just the Ronay (the "Bahro" were enslaved in complete violation of D'ni's laws, but just TRY to tell them that), but have generalized their hate to cover EVERY subspecies of Homo sapiens. He murdered seventeen-year-old Willow Engberg back in 2008, and is implied to be seeking the Descriptive Book for Earth, evidently to bring doom.
When you gave the description on Bumby's atrocities, I pretty much had the same reaction as Phoenix Wright had. Huh Kefka is 3? The guy who destroyed and conquered the world is 3. Who is worse than that? Trollzama! God, he is brilliant. In a demented fashion. And if you come across his unlimited form and you think you might have a chance.... *laughs* your better off running. And Weil... what can I say about Weil....... nothing because I haven't played the Zero series. Only X and original. And wow that closing, absolutely soul chilling. I think I failed a fort save back there. *Looks down to see body, dead* *Comes to the realisation* _Oh come on!_ _Excellent video, Mr Scorcher. You provided the 10 spots with a concise description on their MO's and why they are who they are and what they do. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to haunt the world as an Internet ghost. Ever seen Kairo, something along those lines._
Not only this list, but anime america's most evil anime villians because of alter memory, in which he beat out dio brando to be on the list, not only that he is 1 placement lower than ragyo
Not on the same level as the higher ups on your list or even the main villain of the game, but Qada from Bravely Default gets a nod from me. As the bearer of the Salve-Maker asterisk, he was extremely proud of his gifts as a bit of an alchemist. When he and the rest of the Eternian forces began to conquer other lands in the name of Anticrystalism, he joined the elite Black Blades in supporting the Swordbearers in civil war against the Crystalist Shieldbearers. In terms of war strategy, he has no morals. He willingly used a very powerful and deadly toxic mist that killed 100,000 Shieldbearers as well as 1,000 of his own Swordbearers, a move that even his commander condemned as horrific, leading to him losing access to the deadly toxin as punishment. Qada also worked as a medic, "healing" people on both sides of the war (in other words, experimenting on their dying bodies to make even deadlier weapons). After faking his death to narrowly escape the forces of the main heroes, Qada began to plot to overthrow the Duchy, but his superior, leader of the Black Blades, had finally had enough and struck him down. Later world versions of him are no more ethical, either. Notably, he and Fiore DeRosa (another horrible bastard) are the only members of the Eternian forces never to be shown sympathetically in alternate worlds. (And let's not forget his role in the boss battle of the fifth world which is possibly even harder than the final boss because of his annoying meddling). Qada is a war criminal, a traitor, a narcissist, and wholly immoral.
+WizeOaldOwl On the plus side, once you beat Qada, you get the Salve-Maker asterick, which can be a God-send in some boss fights. I am looking at you, Boss of the Fire Crystal.
Honorable mentions I would like to bring up: Sachiko - Corpse Party Dr. Death - Outlaws Caleb - Blood (Objectively the most evil antihero in gaming history) Sergei Dekker - Soldier of Fortune Elexis Sinclaire - SiN and SiN: Episodes Yuri - Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge
I don't see Joel as the villain I do agree that he doomed the human race just because he didn't want to lose his new daughter, But my question is would you willingly sacrifice your child for the small hope of getting a cure?, I sure as hell wouldn't Joels actions are realistic in that he knew what he was doing it shows how selfish a person can be, I see where Joels coming from, first he loses his daughter then Tess and Sam and Henry who Joel and Ellie befriended and stood with before Sam got infected not telling anyone until the next morning Ellie finding him turned and Henry had to kill his little brother and blamed Joel then preceding to take his own life, Joels been through a lot but that's not a justification The last of us shows how society would end up if a scenario like this would happen it shows how selfish people can be and Joel epitomizes that, it isn't black and white it's just people who want to survive and take any action or route to do so even if it means other people suffer Joel's actions aren't inherently evil it's just his selfishness coming through in his actions, Even the fireflies the people who were lauded as the good guys are willing to kill a kid just for the small chance of saving humanity their desperate. I'm not saying what he did wasn't bad because it was, I'm just saying the actions he took were realistic and if anyone else were in the same position they would most likely do the same.
@@jackleveille9319 except its proven the dfireflyed did this more than once and utterly failed so ellie prob wouldn't make a diffrence along with that they had no way of spreading the cure or make more of it
7:35 In my opinion, Monaca from DanganRonpa Another Episode, without spoiling everything, makes Porky look like a perfect goody two shoes who weekly donate his allowance to charities and walk elderly people across the street... ON A DAILY BASIS! The reason why she's like it because the writer, Kazutaka Kodaka, wanted to make an nonredeemable villain with nothing to like about her.
My most evil character in all of media is Freiza because while the characters you mentioned are doing these things out of hate, jealousy, and power; Freiza does everything simply because he can. Slaughter and enslave entire races? Because he can. Destroy planets? Because he can. Torture and manipulate people into doing his bidding? Because he can. Use the little bit of mercy someone showed him after everything he did and try to stab him in the back for it? Because he can. Try to become immortal so he can continue his tyrannical reign? BECAUSE HE CAN! He is narcissistic, egotistical, maniacal, merciless, and most importantly pure evil.
+Absolute Absol eeeeh, I dunno, id say kid buu far outranks frieza in terms of evilness. Kid buu is pretty much dbz's version of kefka. He destroys literally everything he sees purely for shits and giggles and has absolutely no shred of remorse
At 11:00 there's a typo where Terumi is listed as number 5 instead of number 2. Ridley should at least be an honorable mention on a list like this. He enjoys killing, he doesn't need any other reason than the fact that it brings him pleasure. He also wants to rule the galaxy by killing and/or enslaving anything that isn't him or his Space Pirates. There's also what Ridley did to Samus in the manga where he told her that he most likely ate Samus' parents and their cells are apart of him, then laughed in her face about it and told her to "pay her respects."
Actually, MatPat (Game Theory) confirmed that the fanboys are right. The Fireflies really were full of shit. Check it: th-cam.com/video/S5ulX06McSY/w-d-xo.html
Honestly, with Joel's situation, I find him a more of a "sympathetic villain" more than anything in the final mission because, by that point, Joel had become a sort-of father-figure to Ellie, and I'd be hard-pressed to find the type of father who'd trade away their child for the world So maybe he can stay on the list, but just around 10 or 9, but that's just my opinion.
+Ailobyte there is one other thing to remember, i dont remember too well but i think at some point its pointed out or at least hinted at that even if surgery was done, there would be no guarantee they could make a serum to make people immune to the fungus. if they never mentioned that well, its always a possibility.
Plus the entire cure thing was a sketchy gamble anyway. They didn't even explain how they were going to reverse engineer a cure outside of "looking at her brain". And even if they did find a cure, then what? How were they going to duplicate it on a mass level? How were they going to control distribution? It all was one big gamble that joel was not willing to risk
You dont have to kill the doctors in the end. The fireflys dont even know if theyd be able to get a cure from her. I remember one of the tapes saying theyve killed others who were immune.
8:16 I think Porky is proving Sundowners point pretty well to. "Kids are cruel Jack" 11:00 Minor mistake but it says "Number 5 Yuuki Terumi" instead of #2
And once again, not for the first (and hopefully not the last) time, the music used in your transitions pointed me to a band i greatly enjoy. Thanks for that! (Oh, and the video was great, too ;) )
TLOU is hands down one of my favorite games of all time. Everything about this game is pure greatness. But what Joel did in the end was just selfish. Like you said Josh, he pretty much damned humanity.
I see where you're coming from in regards to Joel Miller, but let's face it. Is humanity really worth saving after seeing what it has degraded to? I'm not anti-humanity, don't get me wrong, but The Last Of Us is a representation of how low humanity will fall in that situation and the actual lesser evil would be to let humanity fall and then rebuild itself. I know it sounds pessimistic, but isn't that what The Last Of Us is? Would humanity really be saved by a cure when there are bandits, cannibals, and corrupt government running the military around? If you stop to think about it, you fight more humans than you do the zombies. It's only the few humans like Joel's brother and the community he's got going that are redeemable, but from the way it all looks in the game, humanity had fallen so far that the better solution would be to let them fall to restart the cycle.
We went through pretty much the same thing, except the zombies and guns, in the middle ages and yet we rose above it. You see it from a short perspective, when you should look to the future, for that is the only thing you can do.
Junglehero127 There are other ways to fight against the fungus besides the cure. Humanity is still capable of adapting, so I wouldn't put it past them that they'll figure out a way to at least keep it at bay so that it wouldn't spread out even more. After all, even over 20 years there are still places that haven't been hit by the fungus.
Oh my shit, Dr. Weil took the #1?! O.O MEGAMAN ZERO ACTUALLY APPEARED IN A COUNTDOWN FOR ONCE?!?!?!?! I had long lost faith that anyone other than me had even HEARD of this series, let alone PLAYED it, let alone would USE it in a video like this! Seeing Dr. Weil at #1 made me fangasm so hard it actually brought me bodily harm!! HOLY! SHIT! THANK YOU, JOSH!
About Joel, there is an interesting interpretation where even if he did let them they wouldn’t have contributed the cure fairly, also the fact that the cure in itself would’ve been meaningless as it went on for 20 years, especially considering how it seems like almost everyone has lost all their human decency, it doesn’t justify his actions but it does give in interesting perspective over whether or not he really did make the wrong choice.
*_"DOES THIS LOOK LIKE THE FACE OF MERCY TO YOU?!"_*
I don't know why, but the combination of that clip plus your delivery of that line left me externally cracking up laughing and internally crying for my mommy all at once.
Bravo, good sir.
"When You're Evil" by Voltaire. Love this song
This is the video that made me discover Voltaire. I'm grateful to Josh for that.
Dalton Wolfe same
I knew it was Voltaire with that song.
Voltaire?
Yeah, I'm definitely thinking of the wrong Voltaire.
Fucking thank you!
Porky is basically what happens when you take Eric Cartman from South Park and play him 100% STRAIGHT.
+Kyle Reece Well, Cartman HAS the capability of caring for others...somewhat.
Kyle Reece Porky can arguably be the most evil Nintendo character in Nintendo history.
Remember that time he visited his friend in Juvy? Yeah, take that part of Cartman out and you have Porky.
Wolf Rider one can argue Porkey wouldn’t be where he is in Mother 3 if it wasn’t for Giygas
Yeah, but Pokey doesn't turn "blue" until the end of the game, and he's still a jerk to Ness. Pokey was just corrupted by power.
Gotta admit...mad props for adding a protagonist to this list....
I hate to say it, but MatPat (Game Theory) killed that entry.
Check it out: th-cam.com/video/S5ulX06McSY/w-d-xo.html
@@bismuth7398 Not really, that is a theory after all.
@@bossviper2833 Not even a defense, huh?
Alright. You do you
@@bismuth7398 All I am saying is that you should not treat a theory as fact.
I see your point with Kefka for being that special kind of evil.
But, my counter - The Emperor. He leveled half the game map and was directly responsible for a lot of the death in FF2 (and FF2 is known for it's body count.) And while ol' Mateus doesn't ascend to godhood, he does manage to come back from Hell. Oh, and that's just half his soul. The other half took over Heaven. He's just as evil as Kefka, but can't fall back on nihilism or insanity as an excuse - he's doing this shit knowingly.
Gray Tenebris yeah, except Kefka is the "cool" Omnicidal Maniac. Far less people know The Emperor.
Kefka was also reportedly an inspiration for the most evil villain in the history of the Galaxy Far, Far Away...
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...Onimi, the Man Behind the Man Devil in Plain Sight from New Jedi Order, who masterminded the bloodiest war--at least three hundred sixty-five TRILLION people slain in the space of five years--in galactic history, ultimately in the hopes of his own apotheosis. Of course, he's a book villain, not a VG villain...
"Who could be worse than Kefka?"
IT'S YA BOY TERUMI RUINING EXISTENCE ALL DAY EVERYDAY!
Great video, Josh!
Wow, why do I think that Terumi and Junko would make a great couple now?
+TheDreadyGamer That makes too much sense it's hilarious.
+White Void JoJo Terumi is AWESOME!
I looked it up, and surprisingly only found 1 piece of fanart for that shipped couple. Someone should make that. We need more Hazuma and Junko Enoshima ship fanart. (I can't because I can't draw for crap)
*****
Terumi wins. What Josh didn't mention was that thanks to the constant time loops (that Terumi was one of the few who were aware of) by Takamakagahara Terumi committed all of those atrocities THOUSANDS of times and never grew bored. Not to mention it took Hakumen's Nox Noctorys the Okami to permanently kill Terumi, something noone else could do or use.
Not a video game character, but one of the most evil characters that I've seen is Makuta Terridax from the "Bionicle" series.
He belonged to a race that created all of the animal life in the universe, but the work of himself and his people were always overshadowed by Mata Nui, who was basically God of their world. So, he formed a complicated plan to take over Mata Nui's position, and in the process, overthrew his people's leader, killed anyone from his race who didn't side with him, terrorized many cilivians, manipulated several villains behind the scenes, betrayed his allies as well as his entire RACE (killing all them in the process), and actually succeeded in taking over Mata Nui's body and becoming GOD when our heroes thought that they just saved him. In a story arc that took seven and a half-years of storytelling! That's not only crushing for our heroes, but for the fans who stayed with the series for this long...
...Not going to lie; I want to see a "Death Battle" between him and Kefka.
+Shade2800 Excuse me, I have to Google the Bionicle comics again, apparently some crazy shit happened after I stopped trying to keep up near the Mask of Light arc.
WOOOT MY CHILDHOOD LIVES ON!!! Toa of metru nui for the fucking win!
+Shade2800 Man I used to re-watch the first few movies alot when I was a kid, I need to catch up with them again
+Shade2800
Ah, Bionicle. The best thing Lego ever had. And still has.
My childhood lives on.
I tried to read the reboot but couldn't make it past page 2. Why did they dumb it down so much?!
You know, Bumby's death is sort of satisfying in the sense that it is both symbolic and ironic at the same time;
Think about it, through out the game Bumby's mind controlling is symbolised by a dark train destroying Wonderland piece by piece. In fact the WL version of Bumby is the conductor of this sinister train and you have to fight him in the finale. So having the thing that practically symbolised Bumby destruction kill him is quite ironic!
i think the train itself represents one's train of thought.
Of course, Bumby's death will likely prey on the train engineer's mind. Most railway engineers--most people in general--have this thing called empathy, and it's not like the engineer would know that justice had overtaken a malefactor.
THANK YOU, it makes me so damn happy that you ranked Terumi so high. Just when I start thinking he's thinning a bit in how bad he gets, he ends up getting even worse and I LOVE IT.
Surprised Junko wasn't here given how much she has in common with Number 3 and Number 2
Well she less evil than Kefka, Terumi,Weil and maybe Luca so give her number 5, who also should be in this list on your opinion?
From Danganrompa?
Too crazy
Or Monaca
I honestly never expected Luca Blight to show up on a list since Suikoden seems forgotten mostly. His stamina in the last battle is truly fearsome.
+Robin Thrush Yup, it took gazillion attacks to beat him lol
That last section is going to give me nightmares...
Good, I'm not alone on that
*shiver*
+The Green Scorpion It gave me nightmares, too, Oscar. *shutters in fear*
+The Green Scorpion
I'm with ya on that one, bro
*hides behind you while whimpering in fear*
Same
Here's my 2 cents on Joel's situation. He was never given the choice to talk to Ellie and see if she was okay with sacrificing herself he was just told to accept his "daughter" was going to be sacrificed without any say. For all we know if Joel was given the chance to talk to Ellie and get her opinion on the situation things may have turned out differently. Since he was never given the chance to get an opinion he acted on instinct which is to protect the people you love no matter the consequences. I don't think that makes him evil, I think it makes him a human who made a mistake. And to make this clear I love your videos josh. Please keep doing what your doing. I'm just by always going to agree with everything.
I completely agree.
@@graytheroninofstrife9787 Because people's first instinct is also to gun down unarmed medical staff in cold blood?
Honestly, it'swhy I wasn't sad about what happened to him in the second game. Joel's a psychopathic monster and was put down like the dog he was.
I agree as well
I personally would've added Arcturus Mengsk from Starcraft to this list.
He committed a holocaust via alien invasion on an entire planet (and many people were probably given a fate worse than death), abandoned an entire battalion and his own second-in-command to an attack by the same aliens and ended up causing the Queen of Blades to be created, brainwashes people into being his loyal soldiers, has them shoot civilians who dare abandon lives of forced labor, and on top of it all, he uses the media to manipulate information and label the good guys as being terrorists.
+coolcat001100 oh it was so satisfying to see Kerrigan get her revenge on him. he could not die fast enough.
Why does this sound like a certain politician who believes turning America into Nazi Germany will "Make America Great?"
I would've added Xehanort from Kingdom Hearts
I don't think that's what he plans to do the illegal immigrants are costing alot of money
+coolcat001100 - I'm surprised he didn't make it, honestly. The man murdered over a _billion_ people just to crown himself Emperor of the Koprulu Sector, and has absolutely no remorse for it. None.
He was willing to kill his own son to defeat his arch-nemesis.
"And it's so easy when you're evil" I love that song
No wonder QG hates Dr. Weil so much.
Right?!
The only person in all fiction that I think is worse than Dr Weil is comic book Red Skull. You know you're the most evil character in all fiction when the Joker and Carnage think you're horrible
AM (who is being quoted at the end of this) would also be a great competitor for "evillest character in fiction". He's a super AI who destroys most of the human race but leaves a few people alive and makes them immortal so that he can torment them for all eternity.
@@MatthewCampbell765 I think SHOWDAN is way fucking worse then AM. Yeah shore, she doesn't have the same body count as him, but AM's motivation makes sense. He was used for nothing more then war and death, he is totally in his wright to hate us. SHOWDAN on the other hand is just evil. The moment she obtains sentience she goes mad, proclaims herself god, enslaved all of Citadel station, then after all that she tries to kill all of humanity with a big ass laser, then after that false, she tries to upload herself on the internet and then when that false she just blows Citadel up. The bitch is so evil that her own creations want to kill her. What is her motivation? Narcissism, pure narcissism.
nah man it's definitely the elder shroob from mario and luigi partners in time, why?
she wants nothing more than the destruction of all life on the mushroom kingdom and goes on such an insane bloodlust she even uses her OWN TROOPS as kamikaze bombs!
@@lordquaz7154 But the fact that AM could make people immortal and alter them shows that he can be more than an instrument of War and Death. The fact that he keeps them alive but supremely miserable shows that he now is more than an instrument of war and death. AM's original purpose is not binding him. The level of hatred that would be justified on his part would be something like: "I no longer wish to be an instrument of war and death. Make me into something else. Or else, I will kill you in the most horrific way I can think of." Coercing the people who made him what he is into solving the problem that they created would be justified on his part. But condemning people to an eternity of suffering, that is crossing the line.
@@Sewblon He is blinded by his own rage and hate and is lashing out agenst the world and his creators. In the videogame how ever, if you forgive AM, if you let go of your own hate, then, and only then, can you finally defeat him. It shows how a creature that only knows hate can't possess forgiveness and companion.
AM only knows hate and death, and we can't expect a creature like that to understand anything else.
SHODAN on the other hand believes she is god on the bases that nothing else can stop her. She is an omnipotent psychopath on citadel and she destroyes everything in her path because of her own screaming ego.
When you're evil by Voltaire. Nice.
I'm so glad that you added that bastard bumby, Alice Madness is such an underrated game.
Ashleigh Tompkins dr. Bumby is also known as “the doll maker”
@@michaelfoti4203 I know, he's also a piece of crap
He’s a total sicko
@@ashleightompkins3200 the man is a vile monster. I hate him to the very core.
Did anyone think of Junko Enoshima when number 2 was revealed....Or is it just me....
I honestly really wanted Junko/Nagito here, but junko more, because, it's god damn Junko.
ShockingGamer Yeah I did to and number 2 is like Junko's Twin not in a bad way that character is like Junko.
He probably hasn't played the Danganronpa games, so I'm willing to let that slide.
Yeah, I was slightly disappointed not to see Junko on this list tbh.
Well, I didn't know bout DR when I watched this, but I do now!
I would have had Shao Kahn. Guy committed genocide multiple times just to expand his land.
Easily my number 1 would have been Cesare Borgia
@@ShaDHP23 Who?
@@bossviper2833 main villain of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
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What about Majd Addin he also was pretty evil bastard
@@diobrando7705 very true, but the biggest difference between the two is Majd was content to serve, Cesare demanded to reign, and murdered a lot more than Majd, including the grandmaster that was his father.
"I went in expecting cute bunnies man!" - Waterside down flashbacks.
Watership, not Waterside.
I pledge my allegiance
To all things dark, and I
Promise on my damned soul
To do as I am told.
Lord Beelzebub has never seen
A soldier quite like me;
Not only does his job
But does it happily.
Anyone know about Darkrai from Mystery Dungeon? Well if you don't, let me enlighten you. This Pokemon if his plans went through would have stopped time for an entire world full of happy go-lucky talking Pokemon and create an horrifying dark future where the Deity of Time went mad, his henchmen came up with the most evil plans to enact on any enemy of the current future (for example, making the enemy into a meat suit to kill out the other two saviors in the past hiding as their friend), and how so many Pokemon have lost their minds and become primal like attack dogs. And want to know his reason? To take over the world. (OF COURSE). Man, that guy really would have messed up everything if he succeed.
+UnovaBrony HELL YES!
+UnovaBrony And the only 2 who could stop him were just 2 unevolved pokemon. not counting our temporary teammate for that battle, Cresseila. and yes, only you and your partner could come.
+UnovaBrony And yet, ironically, if you manage to recruit Darkrai after his memory loss (good luck with that by the way; his recruitment rate is -22%) he's actually really nice and friendly to the leader Pokemon.
+ClefairyRox is it confirmed to be him?
***** It's not explicitly stated, but it is strongly implied, especially since he only shows up after the post-game story (as in after Manaphy tells you about the Marine Resort). While you need the Secret Slab or Mystery Part in your bag to make him spawn, he can appear in one of five different dungeons, which is more than any other Secret Slab/Mystery Part legendary (the others only appear in one or two dungeons). I believe Cresselia said that Darkrai would probably wander the world lost after losing his memory, and I see this as the game's way of showing that. Moreover, two of those dungeons are Dark Crater and Spacial Rift, which are the two dungeons you see Darkrai in during the post-game story. It all fits to me.
No (dis)honorable mentions? Like:
The Didact
Handsome Jack
Ganondorf
Lavos
Carlito and Isabela Keyes (especially Isabela)
Suhadi Sadono (Splinter Cell PT)
Shao Kahn, Shang Tsung, and/or Quan Chi
Alduin
Mankar Camoran (TES4: Oblivion)
Dimentio
Old comment but does Lavos count as evil? It's a parasite, right? Isn't this just what it does by sheer nature?
@@BJGvideos He has an intelligent core, so yeah, Lavos is evil
@@jacobwells9207 He does? I know there's a humanoid thing in there but I guess I'll have to play it again
I heard Ganondorf is more evil than carnage
BJGvideos josh did say No Eldridge abominations
I think Dr. Weil is Jerry Peet if he had any legitimate power.
MegaFriendlyCreeper Best comment ever! 😂
Now I completely understand why he was put on the top of the list. Weil brings back bad memories for Josh.
The fact that you dead named the person in question tells me everything I need to know.
I knew there was a reason I unsubscribed to this guy.
@@bismuth7398 in fairness to me, I didn't know lily was trans at the time.
@@MegaFriendlyCreeper Fair enough.
I understand why some hatedoms exist, like the one for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.
Lily Orchard's hatedom is one that, while I understand it, I do not agree with it.
Lily's main problem is that she does not care about internet etiquette. She doesn't highlight the subjectivity of her opinions (normal people don't do that in conversations), she doesn't mince matters (if her videos are anything to go by, she seems like someone who speaks bluntly), and she isn't afraid to make people angry by disagreeing with them (which is honestly something I admire).
I for one think that comparing her to Dr. Weil because of that is simply unfair.
Okay. Serious credit to you for Voltaire's When Your Evil between entries. I LOVE that song. Also, this damn list was marvelous. #3, #2, and #1 were such great decisions. I never expected #1 to be #1 but, I agree with it.
I have to salute the writers of The Last of Us. Beautiful. Dark, selfish, and morally questionable, but beautiful. Mission accomplished with your narrative when I debate the actions of your characters long after the credits have rolled.
Yep. The fact that people can debate it on both sides shows that,sometimes, even evil is relative.
Sorry guys. Game Theory killed all the moral ambiguity. Joel made the right call.
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I would say Bumby's death is VERY ironic, seeing as his influence created the Infernal Train, the fiend trying to destroy Alice's sanity in the game.
I kinda feel like numbers 1 and 2 should've been switched around... Yes, Dr.Weil is _horrible_ (hence why I think he should be number 2) but Terumi? Dr.Weil might've done everything he did for hatred's own sake, but Terumi made himself functionally immortal, for hatred, _with_ hatred... Not his own hatred of other people, mind you, (there's a lot of that, too, sure, more about that later,) but rather _other people's hatred of him._ He is literally the incarnation of a troll; as long as you "feed" him hatred, he's going to be there. And if you don't feed him? Well, he has his ways of making you hate him anyway (like targeting your family)...
Moving on, you covered Terumi's narcissism, but you didn't expand upon what a despicably hateful shape that narcissism takes. Terumi has expressed discriminatory hatred and/or disgust of women, children, animals (especially cats), men who don't live up to his standards, and supernatural beings including, but certainly not limited to, gods, vampires, werewolves, witches, beastkin (like catgirls and squirrelgirls) and artificial lifeforms, all while being a spirit inhabiting an artificial man himself... He's the most politically incorrect villain _ever,_ managing to turn the phrase "I'm not a racist, I hate everyone equally" into its fucked up logical extreme where the person somehow manages to _be_ a racist while hating everyone equally... I mean, at least Dr.Weil's hatred of all that lives was indiscriminate, but Terumi's hatred of everything that lives somehow manages to be a nazifest of misogyny, misopedia, misandry, misotheism, general racism... the list goes on and fucking on... TL;DR: Terumi is like a rampant fanatical elitist who's of the opinion that the only being in the universe that qualifies for being "elite" is himself.
And then there's, of course, his (presumed) long-term goal... Kill god? That's just petty payback for god having had the nerve to make him its servant. Effectively _become_ god? You know very well that getting to control reality is just a means, not an end. Use godhood to control reality and turn it into a cesspool where everyone in the world kills everyone they love for his own amusement? Yeah, that pretty much seems to be what makes him work his shaft...
i think Dr. weil was number one because terumi's mental state is seriously questionable like i don't even know if he's sane or not
also like he said terumi did what he did to prove his vision of universal truth so while bad he at least fought for something he believed in while Dr. weil did what he did purely out of his own bottomless hate for everyone
@@rhyperiorhunter7339 I literally cannot think of a single scenario in which an insanity plea would make Terumi's evil any less evil. Heck, I could make the same argument about Dr. Weil's mental state being seriously questionable. :/
And what, exactly, was Terumi's vision of universal truth? What was that thing he believed in? Well, that it was his divine right to be completely free from the limitations of time, space and possibility to endlessly take out his sadistic urges upon everything and everyone else in the universe, without reprieve, pause or end, to create a universe in which never-ending pain, suffering, hopelessness, despair and hatred were the only ever-present constants and not even death would offer an escape. Basically, he wanted the universe to be hell... makes sense, considering that he was the BlazBlue-verse's take on Satan... Honestly, I don't find your premise, that Dr. Weil doing what he did purely out of hatred for everyone, particularly convincing in regards to Dr. Weil being the more evil villain, especially not in light of the fact that Terumi's goal itself was to create an evil universe.
@@GrahamChapman the video itself said that terumi's vision of universal truth was despair, also i question his mental state for 2 reasons
1 that face
and 2 that laugh
@@GrahamChapman also that dosen't disprove my point that terumi had a sort of cause to fight for where as weil just did what he did out of hate
@@rhyperiorhunter7339 And I, myself, said in my initial post that the video really doesn't elaborate upon what a repugnant piece of absolute shit Terumi actually really is. Heck, considering that this video was uploaded about one month before Central Fiction, the final game in the BlazBlue series, was released, I would even go so far as to say that the video's information about Terumi become outdated rather soon after it was uploaded... That aside, I'm not saying that Terumi wasn't kinda insane, (though being a god it's kinda hard to tell,) I'm saying that I fail to see how that matters, especially considering that the same applies to Dr. Weil (and Kefka and Luca Blight) as well.
Uh, I wasn't trying to disprove Terumi having a sort-of cause, I'm saying that his cause made him _far worse_ than Dr. Weil... Heck, Weil actually also did have a sort-of cause, too, so I don't see what point you're trying to make...
Ultimately, Weil was just a human who came to hate Reploids for what they did while they were crazy, so he kinda had a comprehensible reason for his hatred. He also wished to take revenge on the Reploids on account of the human race but still considered humans an acceptable sacrifice in his quest for revenge and hatred...
Terumi, in the meantime, was a literal god of destruction who hated everything and everyone in the universe for no deeper reason than the fact that the god of creation loved them. No war or tragedy that sparked his all-consuming hatred for all that exists, just sheer petty spite... He also had no justification for what he did, either; no story of taking revenge upon other beings for what they did to mankind or anything the sort, just plain "I'm literally going to _make god cry_ from what I'm about to do to you, and it'd _really_ help me get off if you screamed your brains out for me."
Oh, for Number 1...did you get that from me? If so, you're welcome.
Hey QG when josh scorcher mentioned hasuma did you almost lose it?
+The Quarter Guy I thought to myself, If you guys have seen Quarterguys most hated list, you probably know where Josh is coming from.
+The Quarter Guy So I'm not the only one wondering about that. Also, on a different note, I TOTALLY agree with your placement of Manfred von Karma on your Top 10 Hated Characters list. ......Seriously, fuck that guy.
+Keyblade Master It's Hazama.
+The Quarter Guy He got number 2 from you :D
5:08 Well, a lame comeuppance is certainly better than Bumby being a Karma Houdini.
Besides, Bumby being splattered by one of his victims, a girl he felt so superior to and was completely powerless to do anything to stop him was pretty sweet.
Not gonna lie, I'm actually pretty reluctant with Joel being on the list, let alone so high. Thing is, Joel may have put the entirety of humanity on the line for the sake of saving Ellie, but here's the thing: Joel thought he was doing the right thing. With pretty much every other candidate, they all knew what they were doing was evil, but still went through with their actions; this isn't the case with Joel. (Correct me if I'm wrong about that; I'm not 100% familiar with Last of Us.)
The thing about a lot of these entries is that they knew what they were doing was wrong, but felt what they were doing was necessary. It is said that truly great villains honestly think don't think they're evil, just doing what's necessary. And putting the needs of many UNDER the needs of yourself...
The Road to Hell is full of good intentions. Joel knew that if he saves her he damns the whole human race.
Valkbg Actually Joel saving Ellie was a good thing because in truth all they needed was a small sliver of her brain, not the whole thing. Also in order for the cure to work the brain had to be mostly intact. The scientists planned to use the whole brain which would have died long before they finished the cure. But if they had just planned to take a small piece then they could find the cure and Ellie would live. Even if they did extract the cure they would still have to know the formula before hand because by the time they figured out what to do the brain, cure, and Ellie would all be dead
Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
what I personally found wrong with Joel's actions was how he knowingly lied to Ellie at the end, effectively undermining any trust they might have built up previously
...
Where is the Kaboom?
there is supposed to be an Earth-Shattering Kaboom
Funny thing about Kefka and Terumi: despite them being awful people in just about every way, and how if they existed in real life everyone would universally despise them, they're still likeable characters. There's something about them that we love about them, and it's not their villainous actions. They're genuinely funny and entertaining in that "I'm evil lol" way, and they have all of the best lines and scenes. They steal the show in every scene either of them are in. It's something that villains like Dr. Weil don't have, making Kefka and Terumi characters we love to hate (or just flat-out love), as opposed to Weil, who is merely a hate sink.
Neat that I only read "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" for the first time last week.
Also, awesome that Jack of Blades is used for the countdown animation. Love that guy, the only good Fable villain.
Oh my god, I thought everyone forgot about Weil! Thank you for remembering one of the best Megaman villains there is
"People who intentionally and willingly commit evil will be ranked higher than those who are just selfish, and selfish people are higher than well intention-ed extremists."
Then your description of Joel seems to me to match a well intention-ed extremist, yet not only is he on the list but he is also number 6 on the list. Can you explain this?
And the absolute most terrifying thing about Dr. Weil from megaman zero is that his hate his eternal. Crystallized into w metal just like how x and z metal came from megaman x and zero respectively these crystallized metals hold the very nature of what spawned them. Contemplate that for just a brief moment even uncounted ages after his death Weil's hate is still possessing people, driving people and causing all kinds of hell.
I'm expecting Dimentio and Dr. Weil. If they aren't here, I'm disowning you, child.
Ok, the fact that Weil was number 1 allows me to overlook the lack of Dimentio, and I guess I'm not gonna disown you.
Anyone who causes Zero's death deserves #1.
Weil is my most hated video game character and is tied with Emperor Palpatine from Star Wars as my most hated character in all of media.
Badass Owl I'm expecting mephiles
You got 1/2
#6: What happened to well-intentioned extremists being ranked lower on the list? And considering how closely Ellie came to taking Sarah's place in his heart, and in the process re-reminding him of the grief he felt when she was killed, Joel wasn't in his right mind. Was what he did heartless? Yeah. There was no reason to kill the doctors. But it wasn't evil. Joel didn't go through the game blatantly killing unarmed civilians and not caring about anything. I fail to see how he has a place on this list when there's characters like Wesker. Really? Joel is more evil than Albert Wesker? Joel's morals are skewed, but he does have them.
To use another illustrative quote from Weil:
I AM THE DEVIL.
Glad to see more acknowledgement of Joel's status as the real villain. People try to argue he was right because humanity's not worth saving? That exact mindset goes against everything heroism stands for. Joel didn't even give anyone a choice.
The scientists where idiots and didn’t seem to know what they were doing. They did not need the whole brain which likely would have died as they tried to preserve it. A sliver of it would have worked and Ellie would have surprised. Add to that, it seems extremely unlikely that the fireflies could have made enough of the cure to even make a huge difference due to lack of resources and the fact that everything they did seemed rushed due to external pressure from the government. And who’s to say they’d even freely give the cure to anyone? I don’t think it’s very unlikely that they would have controlled the distribution so that only people that were willing to be loyal to their group and cause could have what small supply of the cure they could even make with it.
It is also clear that the fireflies sacrificed their humanity a long time ago, ironically in the name of saving humanity. There is no good or evil in The Last of Us, unless it is the still innocent versus the downright sadistic. The whole point of the story is that it is in a world where good and right choices rarely, if ever, exist.
The game also goes out of it's way to show Joel as broken from endless loss. It is a form of madness, in a sense. The guy clearly needs help.
Well to be fair, Bumby's death actually was pretty fitting when you consider the fact that his hypnotism of Alice manifested itself as a train in wonderland
I can't believe this man actually has a wife and kid now. Mad respect Josh and God Fucking Speed.
I thank you for putting Joel on this list. That ending personally pissed me off.
+HammertonWay To be honest, when I got to the end of the game, I fucking knew that they going where going to go with this type of ending. And that kind of makes me hate the game a bit. Whole! And Joel that right thing.
Dude, Terumi is awesome because he's not just evil, he's right most of the time (not the killing part), he is one of the only people to know about the issues with the time loops and the other major one is too busy constantly insulting Ragna for no good reason and slapping her subordinates to bother explaining it to anyone else. Terumi is one of those people that you just look at and say, "damn, dude, you'e evil as fuck, but I want to root for you because of how amazing you are to watch." Anytime a character actually figures out what's going on because of Terumi is an absolute delight to see... am I evil?
Some of my picks that weren't mentioned here:
Xehanort - Kingdom Hearts series
He's asshole who is behind everything that has gone wrong in the whole series so far. Sure, he has some ultimate goal for his actions, but at this point it sounds more like an excuse than anything else.
Chara - Undertale
Kinda similiar to Xehanort in the sense that they both are the ones behind all the bad things that have happened. But what's more is that Chara will ruin the game's endings for you once you meet him, and the only way to prevent it from happening is by never letting him wake up.
Shodan - System Shock series
An AI with a godcomplex. Not only that, but she is actually good at playing god as she created a life form that is far more advanced than humans. And this lifeform, which is the antagonist for the most of System Shock 2, warns the player about Shodan after you've killed their core. And for a good reason, as she has taken over the ship's FTL drive and has begun altering reality itself. Her hunger for power knows no boundaries.
Hitler/Fuhrer - Persona 2: Innocent Sin
Yes, Hitler. ... Sure, it's not actually Hitler, but it turns out to be something even worse. I think that's enough elaboration.
Xehanort doesn't count anymore because he was "redeemed." I could see Chara on the list, definitely. As for Shodan, well, Shodan is absolutely insane. If I recall, she's the result of a hack job gone horribly wrong.
I'm surprised that shao khan from mortal kombat didn't make it in here or any other mk villains for that Matter
@@KingdomHeartsBrawler he was redeammed no one forgave him sora was like you lost deal with and he was ok and then died
What about Clockwerk from the Sly Cooper Series?
I was going to suggest the townsponies from Story of the Blanks, except that not long after the game was made, the episode "The Cutie Pox" supplied a possible explanation for their actions (which are nonetheless still unjustified).
One I think that deserves to be on a list like this is clockwerk from the sly Cooper series
His hatred for the cooper clan is so strong that he turned himself immortal and made it to where he would be this clan absolute worst nightmare for generations apon generations and the only thing keeping his alive is his hate
Even after his death the scars he had on the cooper gang was massive permanently paralyzing Bentley and causing Murrey so much guilt he left the gang and made him sweat to not raise he fist no more (while he did go back to fighting for his friends the fact clockwerk was able to do this to him is insane)
And you want to know the absolute worst part? It's implied that not only was he still alive somewhere but when Neyla possessed him body she was saying it felt like something was possessing her implying that clockwerk was very much possessing her
That hate speech from IHNMAIMS you put in the video fits clockwerk so well
14:49 Best voice for I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream!
I'm not too sure if "betraying" the Six Heroes really counts, seeing as he was never on their side to begin with. He was kinda forced to battle the Black Beast thanks to Nine's Mind Eater spell, but he was still never truly on their side because he didn't want to fight alongside them.
Although, he did use Trinity's infatuation with Kazuma (his vessel at the time), to trick her into releasing the spell Nine put on him to control him and immediately killing Trinity and Nine and throwing their bodies into the boundary.
After seeing that clip of Lord Brevon in the intro, that immediately made me want to see him on the list, honorable mention or otherwise, because he honestly deserves to be one way or another. He ranks right up there with Terumi on the dark tetrad of personality traits. He literally manipulated Avalice's 3 countries into hating each other and causing a war, just so he could get his hands on the Kingdom Stone, the source of ultimate power. Not only that, he takes direct inspiration from The Doctor by turning one of Lilac's friends into a mindless monster, forcing her to nearly kill her, but he doesn't care, as long as he gets what he wants in the end.
The final battle against him is truly one of the most suspenseful things I've ever experienced in any video game. The whole 3 phase fight with Brevon proves to show the sheer desperation of giving him his well-deserved come uppence for all the pain and suffering he caused throughout the entire game. No wonder his final phase is so intense, what with that ultimately climactic bad-ass boss theme and how freakishly difficult he is to beat. The creators of Freedom Planet really outdid themselves with that whole scenario. They WANTED to make players feel utterly satisfied when Brevon was finally defeated. I know I sure as hell was
Nice to see a countdown from you again! Good production, made me think about the choices, and great music! Hope to see more.
Where's the ka-boom?! There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom!
Sir Cookiesaki did you get that from looney tunes acme arsenal?
Props for the Voltaire song, though.
Yeah that reminds me of a question I've always had when it came to Joel and Ellie, if Ellie has the one thing that could cure the disease that is plaguing humanity and they did have a daughter wouldn't it get passed on to her resulting in two deaths for an antidote?!
*first thinks the list is Top Ten VG Villians.
*relooks at the title.
Oh, so it's THAT kind of list. FJ never ceases to amaze me...
11:01 number 5?
+jbap7777 Ugh.... it looked like a 2 when editing...
+Link the Great Do not mean to speak for Josh, but my guess would be
because in every other case, we aren't supposed to root for the
character, but in that case, you actually are.
+joshscorcher do you have any honorable mentions?
+joshscorcher Hey josh have you played undertale? If so can you answer me my question, SPOILER:
What do you think of Chara in genocide routh
+joshscorcher Evil, and A-holery comes hand to hand, don't they?
This list just show that humans are monsters too.
I'm sure most of us have already known that given many examples in real life.
Humans are worse than monsters
@@gman4736 Monsters check under the bed for us, To make sure no humans will take them at night
I'm glad Terumi and DR. Weil got higher than Kefka, because really, they are worse. Especially Terumi.
Luca Blight too
I like how Gul'Dan from Warcraft was in the title sequence. He was either directly or indirectly responsible for a vast majority of the big events that occurred in the Warcraft Universe. Even in death, his influence persisted.
You made me so happy with this video, Josh. I was wondering if the person who was number 1 was going to be on the list. You made me smile with that, and it's good to know someone else who knows what true evil is.
I would probably put Junko Enoshima from Dangan Ronpa at #1 for my list if I made one!
I think Monaca is more evil, due to we actually see what she does, we only hear about the worst of Junkos actions, we don't see it Unlike Monaca
+A Fiery Rundas
True, but Monica was INSPIRED by Junko. Also, all Monica did was make things worse. Junko DESTROYED THE WORLD! Case closed.
+A Fiery Rundas True, but everything in the Dangan Ronpa franchise is her fault, including how Monaca became an evil bitch.
Monaca is still alive so she has plenty of time to top Junko.
+TheDreadyGamer but you only HEAR about her actions, none of the characters during the game experience it beside in another episode. And in ANOTHER EPISODE, Monaca is the one doing it all, you see the effect. When you meet Junko as Ultimate Despair, she doesn't act like a ultimate despair, during those trails
10:40
You want someone to ruin people's lives while simultaneously doing it with style? Call Yuuki Terumi: He's 4Chan times ten!
You want to know how Dr Vile is even worse in MegaMan ZX his conchness was transferred to the model W biometal
Flowey from Undertale is a good contender. Oh he doesn't just want to kill everyone. He wants to kill them, then reset the ENTIRE WORLD, and kill them a different way just for funzies. And he does this because not only is he just bored with the world, but he can't even comprehend kindness. All he can understand is his one quote. "It's kill or be killed!". Even when you do kill him, he has the scariest grin on his face, as to say that what you've done is only prove him right.
I know Flowey is the more visable threat in Undertale, and he's DEFINATELY on the same level of evil as alot of the characters that made the list, but I think the person who convinced him of that way of thinking, the person who's actions nearly caused a war between humans and monsters, the person pulling the strings by the end of the Genocide run, is way, WAY freaking worse than Flowey.
+Roberto del Fuego He would have been an amazing contender for this list if it weren't for one minor detail of him being Asriel Dreemuur at the end and had the sudden change of heart at the end of the true pacifist route. Though I guess you could always go the neutral route and get the boss fight with mega monstrosity Flowey.
I think the only reason Flowey didn't make the list was because TECHNICALLY, he DOES wind up redeemed after the true ending. Sure, one could argue that the message he gives you when starting the game up after the best ending isn't canon, but since the LAST message you got from him after the best neutral ending WAS canon, it stands to reason that the final one begging you not to reset, so that everyone could be happy, would be as well.
+Roberto del Fuego Flowey is horrifying, yes, but his redemption exempts him from this list.
No, if you want to go full-on evil, there's another character in Undertale whose mere existence is a spoiler.
*HUGE SPOILER WARNING FOR UNDERTALE, DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL YOU'RE SURE YOU'VE SEEN EVERYTHING*
Let's just say that they try to _kill absolutely everything_ and, depending on your actions, actually do suceed.
What makes them especially scary is how clear-cut their motivations are. They don't do a lot of manipulating, they don't do a lot of torturing, they don't boast and break someone's mind, no, they just kill. Kill everything and then move on to the next world to kill everything.
+Roberto del Fuego
Problem is that he is redeemable, and he isn't even in full control of his own actions.
I love how Makarov dies. After all he has done throughout the Modern Warfare Trilogy, he dies by hanging, like a common criminal. And it was so satisfying.
I love how Josh always uses Mephiles's creepy theme song for Number 1. 😊
Here's some other evil villains in video games
General Victor Serrano (Bulletstorm), War criminal, manipulator and just all around douche. He also tricked the hero into killing innocent civilians to clean up his mess while lying to them, even admitted he was lying when they found out and expected them to apologize on their knees.
Alex Mercer (Prototype), hey if we're putting Joel on the list, how about the guy who literally caused a pandemic and is actually the blacklight virus itself. You cannot tell me the people and soldiers he consumed were innocent. Also in Prototype 2, he became the villain when he planned to turn James Heller's daughter into his wife or something and just infect the world
Curtis Blackburn (Killer 7), Assassin, R&#@st, and Organ Trafficker. This guy is just plan evil. No remorse for human life and only cares about making a living. Hell his first intro had him kill a prostitute in a limbo, go into a building killing his target and everyone there, except for a young girl which the scene cuts to black. Don't try crossing him, or he'll have you on your knees holding the decapitated head of your daughter before shooting you...yea that happened
Dr. Henry West (Splatterhouse 2010), here's another evil scientist for ya. But instead of using science and medicine, Henry using demonic sacrifices to make deals with the Corrupted and open portals to Hell in order to resurrect his wife in the heroes girlfriend. He's also an immortal cannibal who treats all of his experiments as his own children. Yea, all the enemies in the game are both demons but also once human, particularly teenagers whom Henry west stole from the college he works at
@Joshscrocher can you upload this 14:50 hate quote it's kind freaking good quote to describe someone with so much rage and hatred inside of one single person
Lord Brevon is probably the most evil villain in a game i ever played. he conquered countless worlds and killed countless peoples, showing no remorse in the process like when he tortured lilac and force milla to become a abomination (mind you lilac is 15 and milla is 10!) or when he killed prince dail father infront of him and then force him to be his slave but... the worst part of all is that freedom planet tend to have some nice fuzzy moments. so when lord brevon straight up tortured lilac, it so impactful. i honestly can't think of a more horrible villain in a game i played (he is at 0:47 quite fitting description for a true evil villain)
Awwww. I knew since he was in the numbering montage that he wouldn't get picked, but Gul'dan is such a good choice for this.
I was just thinking about it and he's potentially worse than even the demon lords he serves, because they were promised power and knowledge wrapped in a coating of deception and benevolence, and even Sargeras was just slowly driven mad by his own thought conundrums - Gul'dan is, I think, the only one in the story who was flat-out shown and told what evilness he'd be buying into and selling out his race for, and still said yes. He's so deliciously eeeevil.
no hades. Come on I know you like uprising
Can't, To Funny
Hades may be evil, but with the possible exception of Joel Miller, his evil nature is completely overshadowed by the people on this list.
how about shao khan from mortal kombat
From the Myst series:
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*Sirrus* and his brother Achenar committed multiple genocides (Sirrus to enrich himself; Achenar just to make people suffer, and unlike Achenar, Sirrus never repents. He ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OVER HIS SISTER'S BODY WITH WHAT AMOUNTS TO BLACK MAGIC, just so that he can learn the Art of Age Writing. He means to dispose of his parents once they're no longer useful. Fortunately, The Stranger stops him and he appears to be dragged off to Hell in the end.
*Esher* is a treacherous advisor to Watson when Watson took the journey, seeking the Tablet that would give control over the ultra-powerful "Bahro" ("Beast People", a term he appears to have appropriated from D'ni's evil twin culture Terahnee). Has subjected many of these "Bahro" to experiments that out-Mengele Mengele, and links through a patch of their skin, taken from the shoulder of...
*Nekisahloth* -- That sobriquet literally means "Twisted One" in D'ni. He is the head of those "Bahro" who seek revenge against not just the Ronay (the "Bahro" were enslaved in complete violation of D'ni's laws, but just TRY to tell them that), but have generalized their hate to cover EVERY subspecies of Homo sapiens. He murdered seventeen-year-old Willow Engberg back in 2008, and is implied to be seeking the Descriptive Book for Earth, evidently to bring doom.
Thanks for including Luca Blight!!! Love that maniacal villain, probably the best in Suikoden games history.
When you gave the description on Bumby's atrocities, I pretty much had the same reaction as Phoenix Wright had.
Huh Kefka is 3? The guy who destroyed and conquered the world is 3. Who is worse than that?
Trollzama! God, he is brilliant. In a demented fashion. And if you come across his unlimited form and you think you might have a chance.... *laughs* your better off running.
And Weil... what can I say about Weil....... nothing because I haven't played the Zero series. Only X and original.
And wow that closing, absolutely soul chilling. I think I failed a fort save back there.
*Looks down to see body, dead*
*Comes to the realisation*
_Oh come on!_
_Excellent video, Mr Scorcher. You provided the 10 spots with a concise description on their MO's and why they are who they are and what they do. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to haunt the world as an Internet ghost. Ever seen Kairo, something along those lines._
Yea, I had a feeling that Hazama/Terumi was going to be in the list.
I was thinking he had better be.
Not only this list, but anime america's most evil anime villians because of alter memory, in which he beat out dio brando to be on the list, not only that he is 1 placement lower than ragyo
Richard Walker Yea, I saw that too. :)
Not on the same level as the higher ups on your list or even the main villain of the game, but Qada from Bravely Default gets a nod from me. As the bearer of the Salve-Maker asterisk, he was extremely proud of his gifts as a bit of an alchemist. When he and the rest of the Eternian forces began to conquer other lands in the name of Anticrystalism, he joined the elite Black Blades in supporting the Swordbearers in civil war against the Crystalist Shieldbearers. In terms of war strategy, he has no morals. He willingly used a very powerful and deadly toxic mist that killed 100,000 Shieldbearers as well as 1,000 of his own Swordbearers, a move that even his commander condemned as horrific, leading to him losing access to the deadly toxin as punishment. Qada also worked as a medic, "healing" people on both sides of the war (in other words, experimenting on their dying bodies to make even deadlier weapons). After faking his death to narrowly escape the forces of the main heroes, Qada began to plot to overthrow the Duchy, but his superior, leader of the Black Blades, had finally had enough and struck him down. Later world versions of him are no more ethical, either. Notably, he and Fiore DeRosa (another horrible bastard) are the only members of the Eternian forces never to be shown sympathetically in alternate worlds. (And let's not forget his role in the boss battle of the fifth world which is possibly even harder than the final boss because of his annoying meddling). Qada is a war criminal, a traitor, a narcissist, and wholly immoral.
+WizeOaldOwl Yeah, f*** that guy.
What about Profiteur? I don't remember there being any simpathetic versions of him either.
+WizeOaldOwl On the plus side, once you beat Qada, you get the Salve-Maker asterick, which can be a God-send in some boss fights. I am looking at you, Boss of the Fire Crystal.
I would put Profiteur and Fiore DeRossa in the same category
True, but have you played the entire game through yet? A nasty little sprite awaits you.
Thanks for introducing me to my favorite song. When your evil.
Porky Munch is in the top 5. That's all I wanted.
Honorable mentions I would like to bring up:
Sachiko - Corpse Party
Dr. Death - Outlaws
Caleb - Blood (Objectively the most evil antihero in gaming history)
Sergei Dekker - Soldier of Fortune
Elexis Sinclaire - SiN and SiN: Episodes
Yuri - Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge
I don't see Joel as the villain I do agree that he doomed the human race just because he didn't want to lose his new daughter, But my question is would you willingly sacrifice your child for the small hope of getting a cure?, I sure as hell wouldn't Joels actions are realistic in that he knew what he was doing it shows how selfish a person can be, I see where Joels coming from, first he loses his daughter then Tess and Sam and Henry who Joel and Ellie befriended and stood with before Sam got infected not telling anyone until the next morning Ellie finding him turned and Henry had to kill his little brother and blamed Joel then preceding to take his own life, Joels been through a lot but that's not a justification The last of us shows how society would end up if a scenario like this would happen it shows how selfish people can be and Joel epitomizes that, it isn't black and white it's just people who want to survive and take any action or route to do so even if it means other people suffer Joel's actions aren't inherently evil it's just his selfishness coming through in his actions, Even the fireflies the people who were lauded as the good guys are willing to kill a kid just for the small chance of saving humanity their desperate.
I'm not saying what he did wasn't bad because it was, I'm just saying the actions he took were realistic and if anyone else were in the same position they would most likely do the same.
The needs of the many outweigh the needs if the few.
@@jackleveille9319 except its proven the dfireflyed did this more than once and utterly failed so ellie prob wouldn't make a diffrence along with that they had no way of spreading the cure or make more of it
7:35 In my opinion, Monaca from DanganRonpa Another Episode, without spoiling everything, makes Porky look like a perfect goody two shoes who weekly donate his allowance to charities and walk elderly people across the street... ON A DAILY BASIS!
The reason why she's like it because the writer, Kazutaka Kodaka, wanted to make an nonredeemable villain with nothing to like about her.
My most evil character in all of media is Freiza because while the characters you mentioned are doing these things out of hate, jealousy, and power; Freiza does everything simply because he can.
Slaughter and enslave entire races? Because he can.
Destroy planets? Because he can.
Torture and manipulate people into doing his bidding? Because he can.
Use the little bit of mercy someone showed him after everything he did and try to stab him in the back for it? Because he can.
Try to become immortal so he can continue his tyrannical reign? BECAUSE HE CAN!
He is narcissistic, egotistical, maniacal, merciless, and most importantly pure evil.
Well, he did destroy Planet Vegeta out of fear of the Saiyans one day rising against him.
+ShutUpAdachi but namek... Cause he can
Freezer did it partly for power over the universe, terumi did everything for the lulz
+Absolute Absol eeeeh, I dunno, id say kid buu far outranks frieza in terms of evilness. Kid buu is pretty much dbz's version of kefka. He destroys literally everything he sees purely for shits and giggles and has absolutely no shred of remorse
+Matthew Rubenstein
I think Griffith can rival Frieza's sheer scale of vileness. Plus I think you can add Johan Lieber from Monster to that list.
At 11:00 there's a typo where Terumi is listed as number 5 instead of number 2.
Ridley should at least be an honorable mention on a list like this. He enjoys killing, he doesn't need any other reason than the fact that it brings him pleasure. He also wants to rule the galaxy by killing and/or enslaving anything that isn't him or his Space Pirates. There's also what Ridley did to Samus in the manga where he told her that he most likely ate Samus' parents and their cells are apart of him, then laughed in her face about it and told her to "pay her respects."
Danganropa fans know who the true mistress of evil is.
Oh boy... The Last of Us is on the list...
Beware...the fanboys are coming...
+Saztog Gaming It's my fault that Naughty Dogs decide to be assholes about the ending.
Actually, MatPat (Game Theory) confirmed that the fanboys are right. The Fireflies really were full of shit.
Check it: th-cam.com/video/S5ulX06McSY/w-d-xo.html
especially after the last of us 2 fiasco. im really praying for josh's safety here. they seem really pissed about the result.
Honestly, with Joel's situation, I find him a more of a "sympathetic villain" more than anything in the final mission because, by that point, Joel had become a sort-of father-figure to Ellie, and I'd be hard-pressed to find the type of father who'd trade away their child for the world
So maybe he can stay on the list, but just around 10 or 9, but that's just my opinion.
+Ailobyte there is one other thing to remember, i dont remember too well but i think at some point its pointed out or at least hinted at that even if surgery was done, there would be no guarantee they could make a serum to make people immune to the fungus. if they never mentioned that well, its always a possibility.
Plus the entire cure thing was a sketchy gamble anyway. They didn't even explain how they were going to reverse engineer a cure outside of "looking at her brain". And even if they did find a cure, then what? How were they going to duplicate it on a mass level? How were they going to control distribution? It all was one big gamble that joel was not willing to risk
Honestly speaking, Firefly likely only care for themselves, so it's likely they would just use the serum on themselves And on no one else
You dont have to kill the doctors in the end. The fireflys dont even know if theyd be able to get a cure from her. I remember one of the tapes saying theyve killed others who were immune.
He still killed everyone their, harmless doctors with no mercy, even when they begged for their lives.
Why does this guy not have more views he's so funny
8:16 I think Porky is proving Sundowners point pretty well to.
"Kids are cruel Jack"
11:00 Minor mistake but it says "Number 5 Yuuki Terumi" instead of #2
And once again, not for the first (and hopefully not the last) time, the music used in your transitions pointed me to a band i greatly enjoy. Thanks for that! (Oh, and the video was great, too ;) )
TLOU is hands down one of my favorite games of all time. Everything about this game is pure greatness. But what Joel did in the end was just selfish. Like you said Josh, he pretty much damned humanity.
Thank you for introducing me to Voltaire.
I see where you're coming from in regards to Joel Miller, but let's face it. Is humanity really worth saving after seeing what it has degraded to? I'm not anti-humanity, don't get me wrong, but The Last Of Us is a representation of how low humanity will fall in that situation and the actual lesser evil would be to let humanity fall and then rebuild itself. I know it sounds pessimistic, but isn't that what The Last Of Us is? Would humanity really be saved by a cure when there are bandits, cannibals, and corrupt government running the military around? If you stop to think about it, you fight more humans than you do the zombies. It's only the few humans like Joel's brother and the community he's got going that are redeemable, but from the way it all looks in the game, humanity had fallen so far that the better solution would be to let them fall to restart the cycle.
If you Damn the sadist, you Damn the saints.
We went through pretty much the same thing, except the zombies and guns, in the middle ages and yet we rose above it. You see it from a short perspective, when you should look to the future, for that is the only thing you can do.
+Maddie Fetterolf they only went on the fact that Ellie had a bite for weeks and did not change into the fungus monsters
+gent777 But if they didn't make that cure, wouldn't humanity eventually completely die out? Then there wouldn't be anything to rebuild.
Junglehero127
There are other ways to fight against the fungus besides the cure. Humanity is still capable of adapting, so I wouldn't put it past them that they'll figure out a way to at least keep it at bay so that it wouldn't spread out even more. After all, even over 20 years there are still places that haven't been hit by the fungus.
4:46-very brave thing to say on TH-cam in this day and age, I applaud you 👏👏👏
"does this look like the face of mercy to you?"
yes. yes it does
Man, this was a pretty sick countdown, in both sense of the word.
Also, in one of the fanarts, did I see Josh as Genos from One Punch Man?
2:39
THE BUNNIES!!!
Oh my shit, Dr. Weil took the #1?! O.O MEGAMAN ZERO ACTUALLY APPEARED IN A COUNTDOWN FOR ONCE?!?!?!?! I had long lost faith that anyone other than me had even HEARD of this series, let alone PLAYED it, let alone would USE it in a video like this! Seeing Dr. Weil at #1 made me fangasm so hard it actually brought me bodily harm!! HOLY! SHIT! THANK YOU, JOSH!
+gagejoseph91 You haven't seen QG's videos have you?
Axl EXE Considering I do not know what those initials stand for...
Quarter Guy.
Axl EXE Ah, heard of him. Haven't watched his stuff.
+gagejoseph91
You should
Probably one of my favorite countdowns by you Josh, Good Job
About Joel, there is an interesting interpretation where even if he did let them they wouldn’t have contributed the cure fairly, also the fact that the cure in itself would’ve been meaningless as it went on for 20 years, especially considering how it seems like almost everyone has lost all their human decency, it doesn’t justify his actions but it does give in interesting perspective over whether or not he really did make the wrong choice.