Best Animated Villain?

[alpine gulch]

We all know “cartoon villain” tends to carry silly, comical connotations - think Snidely Whiplash from Dudley Do-Right. But what villains in animated movies do you think are truly evil - those who are so sadistic, sociopathic, or narcissistic they strike fear into the hearts of viewers?

[lyric spruce]

Claude Frollo

[full mantle]

I remember the Horned King from from The Black Cauldron being especially creepy as a kid, but what can I say, I haven't seen that in a while

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Josh (The Last Nerd)

The Black Cauldron (1985)

Director: Ted Berman
Runtime: 80 mins
Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure
Rating: 3.04 (54.59K)
Stats: 113.02K • 24.37K • 14.91K

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[full mantle]

The Sharptooth in the Land Before Time was the same deal

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Josh (The Last Nerd)

The Land Before Time (1988)

Director: Don Bluth
Runtime: 69 mins
Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation
Rating: 3.69 (90.46K)
Stats: 231.85K • 24.16K • 37.04K

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[gloomy dune]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntf5_ue2Lzw

i find this animated villain absolutely mindblowing.... it's from a movie called The Adventures Of Mark Twain, a story inspired by Twain's works... this is a scene from the movie where the children meet Satan

[proud cove]

that purple teddy from toy story. nih shook me when i was a kid.

[chilly dawn]

Lady Eboshi from Princess Mononoke has got to be up there.

[pallid rune]

David Zazlav (not cartoon but destroyer of WB)

[cyan fiber]

Death from puss and boots

Or bill cypher, jack horner, or the shadow man

[echo root]

Absolutely the death, best villain fr

[sudden barn]

jINX or Silco from Arcane s1