“I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.”
“Fill your hand, you son of a bitch!”
Ah, yes.
Who’s that nasty Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry Potter, the one who looks like a toad and gave Harry lines to write with a pen that scratched them into the back of his hand until it bled?
Oooh, what a horrid wee bitch. And I flat out cheered when Fred and George pulled their final prank on her.
Dolores Umbridge. And very much seconded.
Frank Booth in Blue Velvet. Fuck you, you fucking fuck.
Nah, he was doing his job. He was a tough drill instructor, but in that line of work, you have to be tough. Hell, if I ever bump into my old drill instructor, I’ll shake his hand and buy him a beer.
Maynard and Zed in Pulp Fiction.
And everyone cheered when Richard Chamberlain’s character bit it in The Towering Inferno.
Do they have to have actually been killed or can we include those who are worthy of death but have escaped it? If the latter, an upopular choice but I’m going to go with The Joker. Over his career he’s killed thousands of people and shows no intention of stopping. Yes, I realize that without the Joker there is no Batman or whatever the current Jungian take on the characters is, but come on. The guy’s got a body count higher than some wars. He needs to be put down.
If the former, then just ignore me.
While I agree with ya about the bodycount, remember that this thread is for villains whom we feel have no redeeming qualities whatsoever- ones we hate and just want to die. The Joker isn’t like that- not only can we completely understand his madness (okay, maybe not understand- sympathise with, maybe) based on things like Moore’s “The Killing Joke”, but he’s also just such fun to have around. The Joker’s the kinda guy you might want to have a drink with- as long as you weren’t concerned that it would probably be your last, that is.
From Babylon 5, I nominate Lord Refa. Not only was he somebody that needed killing, but he went out in a memorable fashion…with music, even.
I know he probably wasn’t the worst character in the three movies but I couldn’t help but get a sense of perverse satisfaction when they snuffed that wife beating, traitorous, backstabbing, bullying, and (in the end) snivelling little bastard Carlo Rizzi in the first Godfather.
I think it tells you something that in a movie filled with cold-blooded gangsters, thieves, and killers, he’s the one character you’re really pleased to see die a violent death.
Bruce Dern’s character in The Cowboys.
Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos.
Thirded, but the Dursleys really need to be slapped around for awhile too. Then killed. Their parts of the books always send me into a towering fury.
Jar Jar Binks
Also from B5, Emperor Cartagia and Mr. Morden.
Gul Dukat, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, was someone whose demise was greatly to be wished. For a while, he was in the “shades of grey” category, but as the series progressed, the grey darkened considerably. After he murdered Jadzia Dax, I was ready to see him go, preferably in an unpleasant manner.
I very much wanted him to be the “Good Bad Guy” and take the role Damar did in What You Leave Behind but alas, it was not to be. Such a really good character, wasted in that stupid Bajoran disguise.
Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs. I nearly cried with relief when Orange shot his ass.
You think that one is staying dead? There’s enough clues from Feast for Crows that I’m pretty sure he’s not staying dead.
-Joe
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