# Best Villain Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658 "2008-12-18T00:13:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/41 "2008-12-18T17:06:39Z")
Malebolgia from _Spawn_ Chun the Inescapable ( from _The Dying Earth_; he wears a cloak of human eyes ) Zapranoth, a demon in _Empire of the East_ Vicious of _Cowboy Bebop_ ( “Who ARE you ?” “ **Vicious**.” ) THAT WHICH ABIDES, from Andre Norton’s Janus novels; always spoken of in all caps ( THAT, IT and so on ) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/42 "2008-12-18T17:19:35Z")
The [COLOR=“Blue”]house[/COLOR]. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/43 "2008-12-18T17:32:47Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > The [COLOR=“Blue”]house[/COLOR]. Which one? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/44 "2008-12-18T18:10:32Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > The [COLOR=“Blue”]house[/COLOR]. Oh come on, sure he’s a dick, but he usually cures the patient. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/45 "2008-12-18T18:38:54Z")
No love for Snidely Whiplash? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/46 "2008-12-18T18:53:26Z")
The Nothing KHAN! Josef Mengele ---
**Author:** ![poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dc4da7/32.png) [@poker\_in\_the\_rear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/poker_in_the_rear)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/47 "2008-12-18T19:01:26Z")
The Midnight Bomber what Bombs at Midnight ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/48 "2008-12-18T19:10:40Z")
“Our name is Legion, for we are many.” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/49 "2008-12-18T19:23:44Z")
[Jeffrey Skilling Andrew Fastow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron) ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/50 "2008-12-18T19:38:47Z")
Galactus Ultron ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/51 "2008-12-18T19:44:06Z")
Sinistar. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/52 "2008-12-18T19:46:32Z")
Shropshire Slasher. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/53 "2008-12-18T19:57:07Z")
On the subject of robots… Bonecrusher Devastator ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/54 "2008-12-18T20:37:28Z")
I always liked Clarence Boddicker’s name. He’s my favorite movie bad guy ever. Maybe there’s nothing really sinister about the name itself, but it sounds really creepy because it’s associated with him. I dunno. But it’s my favorite villain name. (From Robocop, in case you don’t know.) ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/55 "2008-12-18T20:45:16Z")
Fronm _The Great Race_ Professor Fate Baron von Schtupp ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/56 "2008-12-18T22:37:06Z")
Exitar the Executioner Brother Blood The Serpent in the Sun ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/57 "2008-12-18T22:42:07Z")
Baldanders. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/58 "2008-12-19T02:06:14Z")
Since I just watched the Iron Man riff track last night, I’ll have to add “Obadiah Stane” to the list. (did they consider calling him “menacing t. badperson?”) ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/59 "2008-12-19T02:29:13Z")
Boris Badenov And **BurnMeUp** beat me to Snidely! Way to go, I loved that character! 🙂 Question: Is a person who performs dastardly deeds known as a _DASTARD_? Q ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/60 "2008-12-19T02:35:48Z")
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