THE MOST BADASS VILLAINS IN THE WORLD (GAMES, MOVIES OR T.V SHOWS)

[blind_dead_mcjones]

Havelock Vetinari, patrician of anhk morpork from the discworld novels

efficent, cunning, witty, enlightened, powerful, a mystery, and no matter what you do, he will always come out on top and ahead of you by about 5 moves (the fact that he is still anhk morkporks current patrician/tyrant speaks for itself)

even the likes of lelouch and wesker have got nothin on him

 

[Crazy_Dude]

The Wraith from Stargate Atlantis

Life sucking space vampires with lazors? HELL YEAH

 

[TheEvilCheese]

Two words... Sho Minamimoto.

Why am I always ninja'd.
even on the one thing I expect no-one else to say T_T.

OT: the reapers from said game.

 

[TheEvilCheese]

Albert Weskers badassness is undebateable though for the points below...

1. THE SHADES

2. Has yet to be properly killed off

3. THE SHADES

You know what im starting to completely rethink my whole Albert Wesker theory you know guys i need a new villain to be my mentor

Didn't he get

Spoiler

double rocket launchered to the face at the end of RE5?

Yeah but his voice is heard at the end of the credits and as if that would really keep those shades down

Lets be clear here: He was drowning in LAVA and he got shot in the face with an RPG.
By all rights, he's dead. But this being the octopus-giblet story of RE, he'll be fine; shades and all.

 

[subject_87]

There's anyone played by Christopher Lee, but the G-Man is pretty cool too.

 

[freakydan]

Simple. The Operative from Serenity.

The Operative: I believe in something greater than myself. A better world. A world without sin.
Malcolm Reynolds: So me and mine gotta lay down and die... so you can live in your better world?
The Operative: I'm not going to live there. There's no place for me there... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster. What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.

 

[Popido]

Sovereign from Mass Effect. Seriously, the dude is fuckin' Mecha Cthulu. He nearly brought about the end of the world(s) single-handedly.
Also, just listen to that voice:

This is what I was made for, isnt it? This is why I exist?

All right, let's do this.

 

[Headbiter]

3. King Bradley a.k.a. Wrath (Fullmetal Alchemist)- you just have to love this guy: No Alchemy, no superpowers no superior technology and yet a looming threat and harbinger of fear, stronger then all the freaks in that universe together. And this ability to stay this calm and controlled all the time. Priceless.

Nr. 2:
Zolf J. Kimbley (also Fullmetal Alchemist)- Psychopathic killer and murderer, yet walking commitment to the "Survival of the fittest" and devotion to his work. An amazing criminal.

And Nr. 1 (because it would be a crime to humanity if he's not at least mentioned in such a list):

David Xanatos (Gargoyles) - see this video and get curious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzu3IT590h4
The title says it all ^^

 

[Scarim Coral]

Lord Genome from Gurren Lagann. During the battle (his mech vs the hero tiny mech) it look like he was losing during a clash but then he got out of the cockpit of his mech Razengan. He then walk toward the small mech that started kicking the hero ass and use his bare fists to beat the crap out of the hero mech. Name me another mech related anime that the villain attack the hero mech with his/her bare hands?

 

[Adamc-mh]

Bennie(Fallout), he may not be a badass but he is a lovable smooth talker

 

[Lord Beautiful]

I'd say Gravemind from the Halo series...

I mean, he has the combined intelligence of billions, wiped entire galaxies clean and controls millions of the Flood! The only thing missing is the shades...

THE SHADES!!!!

Can someone please Photoshop that?

OP: My pick is this guy.

Spoiler: Vergil

Why, you ask? Just look at him. He will fucking murder you.

 

[The Shade]

There's anyone played by Christopher Lee, but the G-Man is pretty cool too.

What if Christopher Lee played G-Man?

*head explodes*

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OT: I'm gonna throw my hat in for Darth Vader here, too. The original badass villain.

 

[DuctTapeJedi]

This has been said far too few times so far.
(It should have been the answer in every post)

Spoiler

 

[Volothos]

Dr. Thomas Light. Megaman Legends... he caused that

 

[Tsaba]

Spoiler: Since no one has said it already

Tom Fricken Cruise.

He attacked Oprah, seriously, what's more evil than that?

 

[Arrogancy]

I'd have to say Count Waltz from Eternal Sonata was one of the greatest villains ever. Yes, I'm aware the video game was terrible, yes, the character looks ridiculous, but it doesn't take away from the character himself. Waltz was great because he was subtle and sinister, something most modern villains tend to forget about being. Beside him I would put Sauron, for obvious reasons. Yes, that's technically cheating since he was a book villain first (you forgot to put books down, by the way) but he was in the Lord of the Rings movies, so he counts. I won't say Darth Vader, however. Vader was a monolith of pure malevolence, but a great villain needs to be more than that. So, in his place I substitute Emperor Palpatine. In addition to having one of the greatest master plans of all time, Plapatine was destructive and powerful. The evil just radiated from him.

 

[Arrogancy]

Iago from Othello! As there's been film adaptations, I'm counting it.

Fear the man, for he is pure evil.

Very nice Shakespearean reference.

 

[PinkiePyro]

aside from those others have already said I am I am gonna have to throw my vote for badass villain to van kleiss from generator rex
because the most important part of being a badass is attitude and he could write the book on it

 

[Jake0fTrades]

Alec Trevelyan from Goldeneye (The movie not the game.)

 

[Dr. wonderful]

I say it once: I'll say it again:

Spoiler: I'll say...

BANE [IMG=center]http://i856.photobucket.com/albums/ab127/operationchaos247/batman/805514-bane_super.jpg[/IMG]

The one thing I'm sick of in the media is portraying him as a fucking idiot! He's not, Ra's al Ghul even says his mind is the eqaul to the Goshdamn BATMAN, hell he even play devil advocate to Catman and Ragdoll on the subject of love. But you say: what about the venom? He's hadn't used that shit since 1995, hell he made a OATH not to loose it again. So what do that leave you? A strong, smart man capable of fighting off batman? The one time I thought they avert bane being used with venom was Arkham Asylum, due to the fact he was forced to do. Hopefully, Bane will return to his badass Non-venom using self. Doesn't that explain why I love this son of a *****? He too damn awesome NOT to used.