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** Crunch the Rock Dog, a huge dog made out of stone that hates all things soft, and has the power to turn anything he touches to stone, and turn normal rocks into sharp-toothed monsters to stalk his prey. The way he and his rock minions chased after the Bushwoolies, turning them to stone one by one, seems right out of a horror movie. |
** Crunch the Rock Dog, a huge dog made out of stone that hates all things soft, and has the power to turn anything he touches to stone, and turn normal rocks into sharp-toothed monsters to stalk his prey. The way he and his rock minions chased after the Bushwoolies, turning them to stone one by one, seems right out of a horror movie. |
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** While most villains in the series [[Heel Face Turn|turned good]] or simply [[Villain Exit Stage Left|fled when defeated]], two of them (the aforementioned Tirek and the magma-creature Lavan) were so evil and powerfull that the heroes actually had to ''kill'' them. This is notable not only because a series based on something as innocent as the ''My Little Pony'' toys would probably be the last place anyone would expect to see someone die, but also because characters being killed of was something very rare to see in ''any'' TV cartoon in the 1980's. |
** While most villains in the series [[Heel Face Turn|turned good]] or simply [[Villain Exit Stage Left|fled when defeated]], two of them (the aforementioned Tirek and the magma-creature Lavan) were so evil and powerfull that the heroes actually had to ''kill'' them. This is notable not only because a series based on something as innocent as the ''My Little Pony'' toys would probably be the last place anyone would expect to see someone die, but also because characters being killed of was something very rare to see in ''any'' TV cartoon in the 1980's. |
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* The G4 series, ''[[My Little Pony: |
* The G4 series, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic]]'', has Nightmare Moon, sister of [[Big Good|Princess Celestia]] who, in a [[Green-Eyed Monster|fit of envy]], plotted to bring about [[The Night That Never Ends]] (which according to [[Word of God|Word Of]] [[Lauren Faust|Faust]] would have killed all life in Equestria). |
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** [[Big Eater|The]] [[Explosive Breeder|Parasprites]]. Although not so much villains as [[Horde of Alien Locusts|an unrelenting all-devouring force of nature]], their consuming pretty much the entirety of Ponyville in the span of a couple minutes is pretty chilling. |
** [[Big Eater|The]] [[Explosive Breeder|Parasprites]]. Although not so much villains as [[Horde of Alien Locusts|an unrelenting all-devouring force of nature]], their consuming pretty much the entirety of Ponyville in the span of a couple minutes is pretty chilling. |
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** Discord, a [[The Trickster|trickster spirit]] with a [[For the Evulz|warped sense of humor]]. Despite his comical [[Mix-and-Match Critters|mix-and-match]] appearance, and his first evil act being generating clouds of cotton candy that rain chocolate milk, he [[Beware the Silly Ones|turns out to be a formidable foe]]. [[Corrupt the Cutie|Screwing with the heads of Twilight's friends]] he effectively destroys their connection to their respective [[Empathic Weapon|Elements of Harmony]], [[Manipulative Bastard|all but completely eliminating their only chance of beating him]], and subsequently turns Equestria into a realm of [[World Gone Mad|madness]] and [[World of Chaos|chaos]] where gravity, time, and even basic causality [[Reality Is Out to Lunch|have all taken an extended holiday]]. |
** Discord, a [[The Trickster|trickster spirit]] with a [[For the Evulz|warped sense of humor]]. Despite his comical [[Mix-and-Match Critters|mix-and-match]] appearance, and his first evil act being generating clouds of cotton candy that rain chocolate milk, he [[Beware the Silly Ones|turns out to be a formidable foe]]. [[Corrupt the Cutie|Screwing with the heads of Twilight's friends]] he effectively destroys their connection to their respective [[Empathic Weapon|Elements of Harmony]], [[Manipulative Bastard|all but completely eliminating their only chance of beating him]], and subsequently turns Equestria into a realm of [[World Gone Mad|madness]] and [[World of Chaos|chaos]] where gravity, time, and even basic causality [[Reality Is Out to Lunch|have all taken an extended holiday]]. |
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** Lockdown's whole body is a [[Swiss Army Weapon]] whose left arm and leg don't match his right. Why? He ''butchers other Transformers for their parts'' to increase his power. |
** Lockdown's whole body is a [[Swiss Army Weapon]] whose left arm and leg don't match his right. Why? He ''butchers other Transformers for their parts'' to increase his power. |
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** Prometheus Black/Meltdown is a rare human example in the series. While the other human villains in ''Animated'' are deliberately used as filler and to exemplify the Decepticons as a greater threat, Meltdown manages to be geuinely [[Complete Monster|depraved and terrifying]]. Case in point - in his second appearance, ''he was experimenting on humans to try and create human transformers'' (he'd already done at least two adult humans, one of them his former lawyer, and was planning to use ''8-year-old'' Sari Sumdac as his next test subject). |
** Prometheus Black/Meltdown is a rare human example in the series. While the other human villains in ''Animated'' are deliberately used as filler and to exemplify the Decepticons as a greater threat, Meltdown manages to be geuinely [[Complete Monster|depraved and terrifying]]. Case in point - in his second appearance, ''he was experimenting on humans to try and create human transformers'' (he'd already done at least two adult humans, one of them his former lawyer, and was planning to use ''8-year-old'' Sari Sumdac as his next test subject). |
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* The [[Classic Disney Shorts]] have [[The Mad Doctor]], who is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|an evil doctor]] bent on cutting up [[Pluto the Pup|Mickey's dog Pluto]] as part of a lab experiment. Later, he actually threatens to cut open [[Mickey Mouse]] himself! Fortunately, he only exists in one of Mickey's nightmares. |
* The [[Classic Disney Shorts]] have [[The Mad Doctor]], who is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|an evil doctor]] bent on cutting up [[Pluto the Pup|Mickey's dog Pluto]] as part of a lab experiment. Later, he actually threatens to cut open [[Mickey Mouse]] himself! Fortunately, he only exists in one of Mickey's nightmares. |
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* Zordrak of ''[[The Dreamstone]]''. A gargantuan [[Evil Sounds Deep|bellowing]] [[Eldritch Abomination]] with a serious [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] that frequently [[Bad Boss|abuses or even exterminates]] his [[Slave Mooks]] the Urpneys for the slightest irritance. While also managing to be [[The Comically Serious|rather funny]], he's a pretty creepy guy, even when not compared to the cutesy residents of [[Sugar Bowl|the Land Of Dreams]]. |
* Zordrak of ''[[The Dreamstone]]''. A gargantuan [[Evil Sounds Deep|bellowing]] [[Eldritch Abomination]] with a serious [[Hair-Trigger Temper]] that frequently [[Bad Boss|abuses or even exterminates]] his [[Slave Mooks]] the Urpneys for the slightest irritance. While also managing to be [[The Comically Serious|rather funny]], he's a pretty creepy guy, even when not compared to the cutesy residents of [[Sugar Bowl|the Land Of Dreams]]. |
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* Gargamel of ''[[The Smurfs]]'' qualifies for this designation, [[Laughably Evil|though not always.]] |
* Gargamel of ''[[The Smurfs]]'' qualifies for this designation, [[Laughably Evil|though not always.]] |
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* Dr. Blowhole in ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''. In his debut episode he planned on flooding the world, just because of all the |
* Dr. Blowhole in ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''. In his debut episode he planned on flooding the world, just because of all the embarrassment humans put him through when he was a circus dolphin. And in his second appearance, he intentionally meant to drown Skipper when he gave him amnesia. And that, after his first appearance, some of the other episodes went through [[Darker and Edgier]] territories. |
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* A Finnish Children's show called ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDEu-hzElDE The Moomins]'' stars a family of cute claymation hippos—occasionally visited by some void/plague/death incarnation that can apparently kill things just by standing near them. It also moves like some kind of demon ghost. |
* A Finnish Children's show called ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDEu-hzElDE The Moomins]'' stars a family of cute claymation hippos—occasionally visited by some void/plague/death incarnation that can apparently kill things just by standing near them. It also moves like some kind of demon ghost. |
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* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' |
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'' has Eddy's brother. Sure, the show itself was a [[Sadist Show]], but everything that happens to the Eds up until his appearance is played for laughs and could be considered lighthearted enough. Come the end of the movie, this guy manages to genuinely harm both his own brother ''and'' Edd, and he's been abusing the former for years. What all the typical bullies in the show witness him doing is horrific enough for them to redeem themselves and accept the Eds as their friends once and for all. |
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* [[Big Bad|XANA]] from ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': the show takes place in a college that appears to be a rather |
* [[Big Bad|XANA]] from ''[[Code Lyoko]]'': the show takes place in a college that appears to be a rather lighthearted, comical setting, with a ridiculous gym teacher, a [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]] and characters making jokes, but [[Mood Whiplash|as soon as XANA starts acting]], we suddenly get stuff such as [[Attack of the Killer Whatever|Killer Wasps/Rats/Birds invasions]], [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Giant Destructive Teddy Bears]], place where [[Everything Trying to Kill You|Everything Is Trying To Kill You]], [[Zombie Apocalypse]], cataclysms, [[Demonic Possession]], and the list goes on. |
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* [[Ben 10]], especially the original series, is goofy with a [[Silver Age]] feeling to it, yet even some of its recurring villains are outright disturbing. (With the exception of [[Ben 10: Alien Force]] and [[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ultimate Alien]], which both have creepy sinister villains such as Aggregor and Diagon but are already dark to begin with.) |
* ''[[Ben 10]]'', especially the original series, is goofy with a [[Silver Age]] feeling to it, yet even some of its recurring villains are outright disturbing. (With the exception of [[Ben 10: Alien Force]] and [[Ben 10: Ultimate Alien|Ultimate Alien]], which both have creepy sinister villains such as Aggregor and Diagon but are already dark to begin with.) |
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** [[Big Bad|Vilgax]] is a [[Galactic Conqueror]] stated to be [[The Dreaded|the most feared being in the Universe]], who wants get the Omnitrix so he can use it to create an army of invincible shapeshifting drones. He is explicitly stated to have blown up at least one inhabited planet according to flashbacks almost exterminating the species in the process, and [[Word of God]] implied it wasn't the only one. When first meeting with Ben, he delivers him a very brutal [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]], kidnaps him by taking his relatives hostage, and tries to cut his arm off just so he can take the Omnitrix from it. |
** [[Big Bad|Vilgax]] is a [[Galactic Conqueror]] stated to be [[The Dreaded|the most feared being in the Universe]], who wants get the Omnitrix so he can use it to create an army of invincible shapeshifting drones. He is explicitly stated to have blown up at least one inhabited planet according to flashbacks almost exterminating the species in the process, and [[Word of God]] implied it wasn't the only one. When first meeting with Ben, he delivers him a very brutal [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]], kidnaps him by taking his relatives hostage, and tries to cut his arm off just so he can take the Omnitrix from it. |
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** Zombozo is a [[Monster Clown]] [[Humanoid Abomination]] with a really creepy design, prone for [[Slasher Smile]]s, who fuels his power by [[Emotion Eater|harvesting |
** Zombozo is a [[Monster Clown]] [[Humanoid Abomination]] with a really creepy design, prone for [[Slasher Smile]]s, who fuels his power by [[Emotion Eater|harvesting happiness (Fear in Omniverse) from people]]. Prolonged drain can result in people being reduced to weak, barely alive husks, and he apparently enjoys abducting children to drain them more later. When Ben confronts him, he proceeds to disturb and psychologically torture the kid thanks to weird illusions involving a huge deal of Alien Geometry. And that guy is a minor villain. |
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** Ghostfreak/Z'Skayr initially is introduced as one of Ben's ten original form in the Omnitrix, and one that disturbs him so much he is reluctant to use it. Then it turns out [[Genetic Memory|his memory is still contained inside the Omnitrix along with his DNA]], allowing him to [[Enemy Without|resurrect from Ben's transformation]], and he just happens to be a maniac who wants to [[Grand Theft Me|take Ben's body and use it to his own ends]]. His schemes involves, amongst other things, [[Complete Monster|covering the world with Darkness while mutating the entire population into hideous monsters]]. And [[Resurrective Immortality|as long as the Omnitrix contains his DNA, he can always come back from the grave]]. |
** Ghostfreak/Z'Skayr initially is introduced as one of Ben's ten original form in the Omnitrix, and one that disturbs him so much he is reluctant to use it. Then it turns out [[Genetic Memory|his memory is still contained inside the Omnitrix along with his DNA]], allowing him to [[Enemy Without|resurrect from Ben's transformation]], and he just happens to be a maniac who wants to [[Grand Theft Me|take Ben's body and use it to his own ends]]. His schemes involves, amongst other things, [[Complete Monster|covering the world with Darkness while mutating the entire population into hideous monsters]]. And [[Resurrective Immortality|as long as the Omnitrix contains his DNA, he can always come back from the grave]]. |
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** Khyber the Huntsman, who was [[The Heavy]] in season 1 of [[Ben 10: Omniverse]], is a [[Predator]]-esque [[Egomaniac Hunter]] who likes to hunt various species in the Galaxy and collect their bodyparts as trophies. He doesn't care if the species he hunts are sentient, and judging by what we see in his ship's [[Trophy Room]], he did slay several sentient aliens before coming for Ben, making him a [[Serial Killer]] as well. Oh, and he owns the Nemetrix, an Omnitrix [[Evil Knockoff]] allowing his hound to shapeshift into all kind of feral alien predators. |
** Khyber the Huntsman, who was [[The Heavy]] in season 1 of [[Ben 10: Omniverse]], is a [[Predator]]-esque [[Egomaniac Hunter]] who likes to hunt various species in the Galaxy and collect their bodyparts as trophies. He doesn't care if the species he hunts are sentient, and judging by what we see in his ship's [[Trophy Room]], he did slay several sentient aliens before coming for Ben, making him a [[Serial Killer]] as well. Oh, and he owns the Nemetrix, an Omnitrix [[Evil Knockoff]] allowing his hound to shapeshift into all kind of feral alien predators. |
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* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' normally only has [[Harmless Villain|Swiper]], but some of the movie [[Big Bad]]s qualify. Especially the Witch from "Dora's Fairy Tale Adventure", who put Boots in a never ending sleep [[For the Evulz]] and was genuinely evil. |
* ''[[Dora the Explorer]]'' normally only has [[Harmless Villain|Swiper]], but some of the movie [[Big Bad]]s qualify. Especially the Witch from "Dora's Fairy Tale Adventure", who put Boots in a never ending sleep [[For the Evulz]] and was genuinely evil. |
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* Bill Cipher from [[Gravity Falls]] is a one eyed, pyramid shaped [[Eldrich Abomination]] who rules over the realm of nightmares and serves as the primary [[Big Bad]] of the story. Originally from the flat 2nd dimension, Bill detested the dull normalcy of his world so much that the first thing he did when he received his [[Reality Warping]] powers was [[Inferred Holocaust|lay waste to it and plunge it into total disorder.]] Viewing Earth as being in similar need of "liberation", Bill sought a way to enter Earth's reality in psychical form so that he could unleash [[The End of the World as We Know It|"Weirdmageddon"]] upon the entire planet. He began his plan years in the making by linking his world of anomalies to the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. He then entered the mind of the inquisitive Stanford Pines, befriending him as his "muse" and research partner, and deceiving him into constructing a machine that would create a dimensional portal for Bill and his demon underlings to enter through while also creating enough power to tear the entire universe apart. Ford's associate Fiddleford McGucket was left traumatized after accidentally looking through the portal into the nightmare world, and after Ford saw what Bill was truly planning and abandoned construction of the machine, Bill relentlessly hounded him via invading his thoughts and dreams, or sometimes even resorting to [[Demonic Possession]]. When we meet Bill in the present day plot, his antics include invading Stanley Pines' mind through the dreamscape as part of a deal with [[Big Bad Wannabe|Gideon Gleeful]] and later attempting to destroy Dipper, Mabel, and Soos purely out of frustration, tricking Dipper into letting him [[Grand Theft Me|take over his body]] so that he could smash Ford's old computer (which he succeeds at) and destroy his secret journals (which he fails at), and finally breaking the Dimensional Rift that he coaxes [[The Woobie|an emotionally distraught Mabel]] into giving him while in the form of Blendin Blandin, which allows him and his demons to enter the physical world at last. He kicks off his apocalyptic "party" with nearly killing a man by rearranging his face, turning Ford into a golden miniature statue, burning the three journals and ordering his minions to eat Dipper, unleashing distortion and destruction upon the entire town, turning many residents to stone and using them to build himself a "throne of human agony", and wiping out Time Baby and the Time Police when they attempt to crash his party. He also had Mabel trapped in a [[Lotus Eater Machine]] trap that would gradually [[Mind Rape]] her and anyone else who entered. Bill ultimately intended to spread chaos across the globe [[For the Evulz|so that the world could become his playground]], using the rationale that [[Knight Templar|he was making things the way they ought to be.]] In the [[Grand Finale]], he [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortures Ford]] with [[Shock and Awe|around 500 volts of electricity]] in order to make him tell him how to break the anti-weirdness barrier around Gravity Falls, then deciding that torturing Ford's young niece and nephew, Dipper and Mabel, might get better results given how much Ford cared about them. He takes out the souls of the Pines Family's friends and [[And I Must Scream|seals them within banners]], and then attempts to murder Dipper and Mabel, stating he was going to "[[Would Hurt A Child|make some children into corpses.]]" Despite being [[Ax Crazy|certifiably insane]] and having a serious case of [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]], Bill seemed perfectly aware of basic human morality and sanity, being all too willing to exploit it for his own ends and never caring to follow it himself. He put his own self interest above all else, treated even his own demon "buddies" as slaves to do his bidding, and his quirky, [[Crazy Awesome]], [[Laughably Evil]] persona could not detract from his menace. [[Evil Is Petty|Petty]], [[Psychopathic Manchild|psychotically childish]], [[Troll|sadistic to the extreme]], and possessing [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor|a sick sense of humor]], Bill ended up one of the darkest and most horrifying villains to come out of a Disney animated series. |
* Bill Cipher from [[Gravity Falls]] is a one eyed, pyramid shaped [[Eldrich Abomination]] who rules over the realm of nightmares and serves as the primary [[Big Bad]] of the story. Originally from the flat 2nd dimension, Bill detested the dull normalcy of his world so much that the first thing he did when he received his [[Reality Warping]] powers was [[Inferred Holocaust|lay waste to it and plunge it into total disorder.]] Viewing Earth as being in similar need of "liberation", Bill sought a way to enter Earth's reality in psychical form so that he could unleash [[The End of the World as We Know It|"Weirdmageddon"]] upon the entire planet. He began his plan years in the making by linking his world of anomalies to the town of Gravity Falls, Oregon. He then entered the mind of the inquisitive Stanford Pines, befriending him as his "muse" and research partner, and deceiving him into constructing a machine that would create a dimensional portal for Bill and his demon underlings to enter through while also creating enough power to tear the entire universe apart. Ford's associate Fiddleford McGucket was left traumatized after accidentally looking through the portal into the nightmare world, and after Ford saw what Bill was truly planning and abandoned construction of the machine, Bill relentlessly hounded him via invading his thoughts and dreams, or sometimes even resorting to [[Demonic Possession]]. When we meet Bill in the present day plot, his antics include invading Stanley Pines' mind through the dreamscape as part of a deal with [[Big Bad Wannabe|Gideon Gleeful]] and later attempting to destroy Dipper, Mabel, and Soos purely out of frustration, tricking Dipper into letting him [[Grand Theft Me|take over his body]] so that he could smash Ford's old computer (which he succeeds at) and destroy his secret journals (which he fails at), and finally breaking the Dimensional Rift that he coaxes [[The Woobie|an emotionally distraught Mabel]] into giving him while in the form of Blendin Blandin, which allows him and his demons to enter the physical world at last. He kicks off his apocalyptic "party" with nearly killing a man by rearranging his face, turning Ford into a golden miniature statue, burning the three journals and ordering his minions to eat Dipper, unleashing distortion and destruction upon the entire town, turning many residents to stone and using them to build himself a "throne of human agony", and wiping out Time Baby and the Time Police when they attempt to crash his party. He also had Mabel trapped in a [[Lotus Eater Machine]] trap that would gradually [[Mind Rape]] her and anyone else who entered. Bill ultimately intended to spread chaos across the globe [[For the Evulz|so that the world could become his playground]], using the rationale that [[Knight Templar|he was making things the way they ought to be.]] In the [[Grand Finale]], he [[Cold-Blooded Torture|tortures Ford]] with [[Shock and Awe|around 500 volts of electricity]] in order to make him tell him how to break the anti-weirdness barrier around Gravity Falls, then deciding that torturing Ford's young niece and nephew, Dipper and Mabel, might get better results given how much Ford cared about them. He takes out the souls of the Pines Family's friends and [[And I Must Scream|seals them within banners]], and then attempts to murder Dipper and Mabel, stating he was going to "[[Would Hurt A Child|make some children into corpses.]]" Despite being [[Ax Crazy|certifiably insane]] and having a serious case of [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]], Bill seemed perfectly aware of basic human morality and sanity, being all too willing to exploit it for his own ends and never caring to follow it himself. He put his own self interest above all else, treated even his own demon "buddies" as slaves to do his bidding, and his quirky, [[Crazy Awesome]], [[Laughably Evil]] persona could not detract from his menace. [[Evil Is Petty|Petty]], [[Psychopathic Manchild|psychotically childish]], [[Troll|sadistic to the extreme]], and possessing [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor|a sick sense of humor]], Bill ended up one of the darkest and most horrifying villains to come out of a Disney animated series. |
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