The Best Fictional (Super) Villain

[Mirthen]

Raistlin Majere

Spoiler: why?

Well because of limited time a very short version:

Even so he was part of the heros group he joined forces with Takhisis the godess of evil.
He betrayed Takhisis to gain a chance to kill the only mage who could possibly be more powerfull than him.
"Later" he lured Takhisis into the real world and killed her, gaining her place as god.
He then proceeds to kill every single god, lay waste to the world and ultimately ending it.
All while keeping his former teacher (I don't know a better word here...) alive to witness the destruction of the world so he would have his revenge on him.

Well you could argue, that he isn't a villain all the time... Or that this all was reverted, but still!

edit: Since I don't think he is well known, he is a character in the dragonlance universe.
Read Dragonlance Chronicles and Dragonlance Legends.

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Magic Man from Adventure Time. He's the most horrible thing to ever exist

Spoiler

 

[Drummodino]

Vaas from Farcry 3 is pretty badass. Also since you stole Heath Ledger's Joker I'll go with the Arkham City/Asylum Joker. Also Amon from The Legend of Korra.

But the most vile has to be Joffrey. BURN HIM WITH FIRE!!!!!!!

 

[Bestival]

Mr Blond deserves a mention here in my opinion. Dude seriously freaked me out first time I watched Reservoir Dogs.

Also that captain dude from Pan's Labyrinth, which might be the most I've ever hated a fictional character. What an ass.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Fuck it, I'm going to say Kira from Death Note, simply because of how much I found myself wanting him to be caught and killed after Episode 25.

 

[Guffe]

I like Gihraim a lot, villain from the latest instalment of the Zelda series (skyward sword).

 

[PoolCleaningRobot]

Also, any villain, ever, voiced by Tony Jay. RIP.

Who is...? (one IMDb search later...)

Holy shit, you're right! He voiced Megabyte and Mortanius the Necromancer from Blood omen and a bunch of other stuff

 

[kypsilon]

Magneto is probably the best villain I can think of if only because when he's done well, he isn't a two-dimensional character with a flimsy ideology behind his actions.

 

[Souplex]

Lex Luthor.
Smartest man on earth. Goes up against the most powerful being on earth on a regular basis.

 

[King Kazma]

I'll go with one of my favorite villains Kane from C&C.


Leads a quasi-terrorist multinational army. Seeks to crush GDI and rule for himself. Than decides fuck all that aliens but he probably was like that all along anyways. Shame EA had to ruin things in C&C4. But otherwise he's fucking awesome.

 

[blazearmoru]

My Fav is FF9's Kuja. Why? Because he uses manipulation rather than brute force.

 

[R.Nevermore]

Ramsey Bolton - Mustache twirlingly evil, but believable. How much he loves psycho AND physical torture is astounding.
Sarah Kerrigan - queen ***** of the universe.
Darth Vader (pre-prequels) - nothing needs to be said. This is before he had the whiney dipshit backstory.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Biff from Back to the Future. He's just the perfect bully.

One thing that always confused me was how in the perfect timeline, they hired the mother's would-be rapist as their pool cleaner.

Wut.

I guess that was to reinforce just how subversive he now is to the McFlys, but yeah, that always got me scratching my head, too. Also the fact that Marty doesn't seem to mind that his entire family are now totally different people.

*sigh* The 80's.

 

[IllumInaTIma]

Professor James Moriarty from Sherlock (the new BBC series)

I hated that guy! I see why some people would love that portrayal, but I just laughed at it, seriously, that guy is ridiculous and childish to me.

OT: I'd say Magneto. He's charismatic, powerful, and I could totally see me following his lead.

 

[gorfias]

Doctor Doom is probably my favorite super villain. He's such a badass that the heroes regularly call on him for aid despite the fact that they hate his guts.

The guy owns his own country! How many super-villains have that? Moleman, maybe. He doesn't have a fraction of Doom's power and he isn't an interesting character.

Joffrey is the best villain on TV right now. Man I hate him.

Dr. Blofeld was probably the best over-all movie villain. Powerful, creepy, bright and in a lot of movies!

EDIT: Just found out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sunlight#John_Sunlight

John Sunlight is considered to be Doc Savage (a 1930s Pulp Character aka the Man of Bronze)opposite number and is the inspiration for Doctor Doom and his country. He first appeared in a story called, "Fortress of Solitude.

 

[The Funslinger]

Biff from Back to the Future. He's just the perfect bully.

One thing that always confused me was how in the perfect timeline, they hired the mother's would-be rapist as their pool cleaner.

Wut.

I guess that was to reinforce just how subversive he now is to the McFlys, but yeah, that always got me scratching my head, too. Also the fact that Marty doesn't seem to mind that his entire family are now totally different people.

*sigh* The 80's.

You mean subservient, right?

And yeah, it could totally have been:

"Hey, your mother is still hot, and I'm strong and charismatic. But don't go into the basement, Marty! That's where I butcher orphans!"

 

[Supercereal]

Manga/Comic: Kumagawa Misogi (Medaka Box) he is a really fun villian with psychopathic tendancies and over powered abilities an all around joy to read of

TV: Abed from the worst timeline because Cruel. Cruel, Cruel, Cruel.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Megatron from the Transformers franchise because he's ruthless, cold, calculating and in general badass for a Decepticon leader.

Brainiac from Superman since he's an overall super genius and constantly comes back trying to save data and destroy the universe.

And then we have Vaas from Far Cry 3 because he's batshit insane and doesn't like it when you look at him in a funny way.

 

[II2]

Also, any villain, ever, voiced by Tony Jay. RIP.

Who is...? (one IMDb search later...)

Holy shit, you're right! He voiced Megabyte and Mortanius the Necromancer from Blood omen and a bunch of other stuff

Personal favorite was him as Mutant Lieutenant to the Master in Fallout 1, but yeah, he was great. Baritone voice like malevolent chocolate sauce. Wonderful.