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** They don't constantly plot the destruction of the earth, they eat (with very poor table manners) and have their own hobbies; and anyone (with a Middle Ages mindset) would try to prevent their own demise {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance|even if they weren't completely accurate on it]]}}.
*** And, y'know, they soul-rape innocent creatures and seem to enjoy it, but hey, [[Draco in Leather Pants|don't let me interrupt the leather pants fitting]].
* [[Complete Monster]]: SkekTek the Scientist is probably the most cruel and evil of all the Skeksis, seeing as his career is built around {{spoiler|draining captured Podlings of their vital essence, reducing them to lifeless slaves. He then gives the essence - in liquid form - to the Emperor to drink and restore his youth... ''only briefly''. Even worse, in one novelization he claims he intends ''not'' to give the Emperor Kira's essence, planning to drink it himself. Not to mention whatever experiments he keeps all the animals in his lab for}}.
** SkekNa the Slave Master, [[All There in the Manual|is described to be the only Skeksis to have been pure evil from the beginning]], considering his occupation; it's hard not to see why.
*** SkekEkt the Ornamentalist [[Sissy Villain|despite being easily frightened and flamboyant]] is one as [[All There in the Manual|in the novelization, he has a collection of Gefling heads and when choosing a chorus of Podlings, he has the rest killed]].
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*** More of Fridge Sadness, {{spoiler|since the Mystics and Skeksis are the same being}}, when you consider the posthumous Mystics probably died due to {{spoiler|their counterparts}} Skeksis being killed off in petty schemes or battles with the Geflings.
* [[Heroic Blue Screen of Death]]: {{spoiler|Jen has one. He healed the Crystal, but Kira is dead. She comes back, but still... not to mention everything going crazy in the castle that makes one wonder if Jen actually ''succeeded''.}}
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: In ''Age of Resistance'', the hammy Sheksis Emperor claims, "I WILL NEVER BECOME DUST!" Which is exactly what happens to him in the movie, when he dies of old age, a weak, pathetic shell of what he is in the series.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: It's scary enough to see the Scientist drain the essence from the unnamed Podling; the scene where he's about to do it to Kira - someone the viewers likely have far more concern for - is downright terrifying.
** That is, [["Hell Yes!" Moment| until she fights back...]]
* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: Many a reviewer on Netflix admits that it hasn't exactly stood the text of time. Some even regret ruining their fond memories and wish they had never rewatched it.
* [[Sufficiently Advanced Alien]]: The urSkeks. [[All There in the Manual|The companion book]] suggests that they are not native to the planet.
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