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* [[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari|Cesare]]. There's a reason that so many other characters - usually nicer ones - [[Looks Like Cesare|look like him]].
* Almost every Disney villain imaginable turns out to be cooler and much more lovable and funny than the protagonist. Having really awesome [[Villain Song]]s probably helps.
** Hades from ''[[Hercules (1997 film)
** Honest John and his sidekick, Gideon, from ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' have one of the coolest songs in Disney history: ''Hi Diddle Dee Dee''
** Jafar from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' and [[Non-Human Sidekick|Iago]] before his [[Heel Face Turn]], one of the funniest characters in both the films and the tv series.
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** Then, of course, we have the Balrog, who is probably the Boba Fett of the movies series: he's a [[One-Scene Wonder]] that takes out a major hero for the remainder of a movie and is one of the more memorable characters.
* Keyser Soze of ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' is clearly a monstrously evil man if even half of the things said about him are true, but his coolness in doing them is indisputable, particularly given the {{spoiler|famous twist ending has made him a by-word for the [[Diabolical Mastermind]].}}
* [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter]]—is there a character more evil, or more cool? And he was only in ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]'' for [[One-Scene Wonder|a total of eighteen minutes of screen time]], a record for the least amount any (leading) actor has had in a movie that resulted in an Oscar win.
* Hans Landa from ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]''.
* For a very dark example, Col. Koobus from ''[[District 9]]''. He's undeniably a [[Colonel Badass]] in every respect (though also a mass-murdering [[Complete Monster]], which, of course, hasn't stopped a [[Misaimed Fandom]] bordering on [[Draco in Leather Pants|Draco In Leather Pantsing]]).
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* ''[[The Dreamstone]]'' falls under similar territory. The fanbase largely favors Zordrak and the Urpneys over the cutesy residents of the Land Of The Dreams. Granted, for the Urpneys, it may be more a case of "[[Laughably Evil|Evil Is Funny]]".
* Similar to Xanatos and Slade above, Tombstone and Green Goblin, the two main [[Big Bad]]s of ''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'', are perhaps two of the most awesome characters in a series full of them.
* Who was your favorite character from ''[[Fantasia]]''? If you responded anything but [[Our Gargoyles Rock|Chernabog]], the towering demon on the mountain from the end of the movie, your pants are now on fire. In this film, the director obviously saved the best for last.
* Victor Veloci, the villain of the horrifically [[Anvilicious]] and [[Did Not Do the Research|poorly researched]] ''[[Dino Squad]]'', is seen by many of the show's few viewers as the only interesting character.
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'';
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* Ask anyone who was a kid in the 80s and they'll tell you ''[[Silverhawks]]'' was a show where you almost couldn't help [[Rooting for the Empire]], as Monstar and his Mob were ''much'' more entertaining than the almost one-dimensional heroes. Seriously, [[The Dragon]] to the [[Big Bad]] was a guy who fought with a ''giant tuning fork'', who couldn't love ''that''? In fact, while Monstar was pretty much a clone of Mumm-Ra from ''[[ThunderCats (1985 series)|Thundercats]]'' (the series was pretty much ThunderCats [[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]] produced by the same company) he was a ''very'' well-done adaptation of Mumm-Ra.
* The Frost Miser and Heat Miser from ''[[The Year Without a Santa Claus]]''. Easy to forget that [[Mrs. Claus]] is the star here, these two [[Laughably Evil]] guys seriously steal the show with their squabbling and musical numbers. They're '''[[Evil Is Hammy|TOO MUCH!]]'''
* Overlapping with [[Evil Is Sexy]], Cousin Mel in ''[[Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer]]''. Many critics have called the special mediocre at best, Mel being the [[Breakout Character]] that is its saving grace.
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