Over the years, Pixar has given us plenty
of reasons to watch their movies; be it their stunning animation, brilliant storytelling,
and timeless characters. But that last point also extends into another
great thing about Pixar: it’s villains. Next to Disney’s own rogues’ gallery,
Pixar has one of the best villains’ rosters ever imagined and are still capable of pushing
the envelope 25 years later. But what happens when you put this collection
of supervillains, terrorists, and spiteful competitors in the same room? Some will rise up as the apex of Pixar villainy
and others won’t even seem all that bad by comparison at that point. So, let’s find out. I’m Kyle with WickedBinge and this is Pixar
Villains: Evil to Most Evil. Okay, so considering the wide scope of baddies
across Pixar’s 21 films, it’s vital that we establish some rules. We’re going to be focusing almost exclusively
on main antagonists from each movie- only including a few secondary antagonists if they
have enough of an impact on the plot. For instance, we’re not going to include
Zurg and Utility Belt Buzz from Toy Story 2 because they’re very minor obstacles in
the bigger picture of that movie. It’s also worth mentioning that not every
movie has a main antagonist. To elaborate, neither Finding Dory or Inside
Out have a central bad guy so we’re just going to avoid those two movies for the sake
of this list. We’ll be judging villains based on negative
character traits, their list of crimes, their evil plans, and their body count- if they
have one. Starting out on the less evil side, we have
the only character on this list who we would argue is actually a good man- Dr. Sherman
- the dentist from Finding Nemo. In the confines of the movie, we can certainly
see why we’re not supposed to like this guy. From the perspective of Marlin, he’s a kidnapper
and from the perspective of the Tank Gang, he’s an obstacle that constantly finds a
way to ruin their escape plans. With context however, there’s not much to
fault him for. From his perspective, he saved Nemo thinking
that he was struggling for life outside the reef. He’s a good dentist, a responsible pet owner
who genuinely cares and shows concern for his fish, and really, who wouldn’t react
the way he does if a pelican barged into your room the way Nigel did. The worst thing we can say about the guy is
that he’s got no issues giving fish as a present to his incapable niece. But even then, you could argue he’s just
trying to be a nice uncle. Really, if Sherman knew that fish were truly
sentient, we’d believe he’d let his fish go in a heartbeat. Okay, on to some actual bad characters. The first of which is the team, Roar Omega
Roar, from Monsters University. No college film with a battle of the fraternities
would be complete without the stereotypical popular, preppy but downright nasty frat squad
and that describes these guys perfectly. They act as the rival team to Oozma Kappa
and consist of some of Monster University’s best and brightest scarers. That said, they aren’t that evil. Barring some standard jerk behavior which
is pretty tame by the standards of this list, the worst thing they do is publicly humiliate
OK on one occasion in attempt to get them to drop out but that’s not too bad in the
grand scheme of things. Another jerk competitor, Cars 3’s Jackson
Storm, is up next. Jackson Storm is the parallel of Lightning
as he was in the first movie. But where McQueen showed genuine admiration
for racers like Hudson and the King; Storm looks down upon the older generation and will
act any way he needs to emotionally manipulate his competition into giving up or making bad
moves going from patronizing to passive-aggressive faster than his own remarkable top speed. We ranked him a tad bit lower than ROR simply
because he was willing to get physical when his normal tactics failed but it wasn’t
long before Lightning’s pupil, Cruz, showed him up. Next is the original Pixar villain: Sid Phillips. If you’ve seen our Evil to Most Evil on
Disney Villains, you may remember we actually included Sid as one of the few Pixar villains
on the list… and you’ll know we ranked him as a pretty tame villain. But for those who didn’t see that video,
Sid is far from the most evil Pixar villain for the same reason as Dr. Sherman. From a toy’s perspective, Sid’s very name
strikes fear and there’s no better way for him to spend his free time then torturing
and mutilating whatever plaything he gets his hands on. With context however, Sid really isn’t that
bad. He doesn’t know he’s actually inflicting
pain on sentient beings... But there are plenty of other reasons as to
why he’s a bad egg. On top of having exceptionally violent fantasies;
he has anger issues , bullies around his little sister , doesn’t have a single friend besides
his terrifying dog , and doesn’t seem to have that much regard for public property
. That said, there’s also a counter argument
that Sid might have a bad homelife. You can’t tell me that Scud- a dog straight
out of Hell- wouldn’t willingly leave Buzz alone at the very sight of Sid’s father
asleep with a whimper unless he’s had some awful experiences with him in the past. And that’s on top of the sheer amount of
locks Sid has on his door. Maybe Sid is a victim of an abusive father
whose sadistic treatment of toys is a means of escapism and anger relief. It almost makes you feel bad for him. From the first Toy Story to the last, we have
Gabby Gabby. Alright, so trying to take Woody’s voicebox
by force is pretty bad. So is bargaining Forky’s safety for the
voicebox and using all of Woody’s memories with Andy that she got from Forky to convince
him into giving it up. She’s a tad bit unsettling and her creepy
ventriloquist dummy henchmen don’t help matters. That said, she only wanted to be loved by
a kid and knew that her busted voicebox would kill her chances. After Gabby gets what she wants though, she
holds her end of the bargain and even offers Woody back his voicebox when Harmony rejects
her. She does ultimately redeem herself and get
what she wants by comforting a lost little girl. It’s also worth noting that of all the characters
on this list that start out evil, she’s the only one that turns good by the end which
does push her pretty far towards the less evil end. Chick Hicks - runner-up racing veteran is
up next. Compared to Storm, Chick’s methods of dealing
with opposition on the racetrack is almost hilariously blunt. Where Jackson was a master of manipulation
but played fair otherwise, Chick is just a dirty cheater. He caused a massive pile-up to try and delay
Lightning, and intentionally sideswiped the King leading to one of the most horrific crashes
from any of these Cars’ movies. He’s just a spiteful, bitter racer who deserved
every boo he got. The Good Dinosaur’s Pterodactyl gang leader-
Thunderclap - is next. How do you make a truly reprehensible villain
in a dinosaur movie? The answer is you really can’t. The worst you’ve got is a carnivore that
just wants to eat the main characters for survival, and sorry to be real for a moment,
but that’s just nature. Thunderclap is certainly a brutal carnivore,
that scene of him eating an alive adorable raccoon whole will haunt our dreams for a
while, but hey, dinos gotta eat. Much like the movie he comes from, Thunderclap
isn’t very memorable so we’re better off moving on. Steering wheel of the Axiom- AUTO- rounds
out the last of our lesser evils. AUTO does deserve the distinction for causing
the most severe damage to a protagonist between tazing his power source and forcing the plant
identifier to crush Wall-E into nearly irreparable scrap. He’s also thrown both Wall-E and EVE down
the garbage chute with the intention to throw both out to their doom and got pretty physical
with the captain. At the same time though, he’s only following
Directive A-113 given to him by BNL’s president. In his own words, he’s just following his
directive. Sure, he pulls plenty of tricks but it’s
all in service of his unbiased, unemotional programming. So, we can’t hold too much against him given
it’s a machine.. The owner of Lou’s Thigh Bur-er Al’s Toy
Barn, the Chicken Man- AL - is next. We’ll let Woody sum up this guy’s personality
. He’s a slob, he’s greedy, he’s a thief. He’s covered in Cheeto Dust. Not a great combination. He stole Woody from a yard sale after Andy’s
mom stressed he wasn’t for sale and planned on selling him along with the rest of his
Woody’s Roundup merchandise to make a ton of money. I’m not one to shame the collector’s lifestyle
but you’ve got to be a total scumbag to pull something like that. He treats other people like garbage if evidenced
by how he goes off on the airport staff and unceremoniously shoves the poor old toy repairman. If we could say anything about nice about
him, he’s got a pretty catchy commercial slogan but that’s about it. Okay, now we’re getting into some really
bad guys starting with Mr. Waternoose. Considering the Monster world’s constant
struggle with something as serious as a power crisis, you almost see where Waternoose is
coming from. He’s an aging CEO of a huge but struggling
company that’s been passed down by his family from generation to generation and only wants
to keep it alive. This desperation caused him to strip away
his morals and team up with Randall to kidnap children for the sake of stealing their screams. It’s a screwed-up plan and while he did
genuinely like both Mike and Sulley as they were the best in the business, he still had
no qualms banishing them once they knew too much. Really, Waternoose was probably a great CEO
for a long time but his own pride and devotion to the company caused him to grow corrupt. Next up is Stinky Pete. The bait-and-switch villain of Toy Story 2,
Stinky Pete at first seems like a calm, wise mediator between Woody and Jessie. Once Woody decides to leave, however, the
Prospector reveals his true colors. He’s a spiteful old toy who hates space
toys for making the Woody’s Roundup franchise die off and switches gears from subtle emotional
manipulation to straight-up violence once he deems the time for being reasonable is
over. And threatening to tear Woody apart piece-by-piece
if he didn’t come to Japan peacefully? Not even Lotso made a threat like that. The only reason he isn’t any higher is that
he probably wouldn’t have revealed his true colors if Woody hadn’t had that last second
change of heart. He could have been an amicable guy in that
museum but it just wasn’t meant to be. Plus, you gotta feel for him given all that
time he spent being passed over on a shelf. Damn space toys. Big bad chef of Ratatouille- Chef Skinner
- is next up. Sous chef and right hand man to beloved Chef
Gusteau until his depression-induced death, Skinner is a far cry from Gusteau in terms
of both ideals and goals. Gusteau was a warm presence in his own kitchen,
had a firm belief that anyone could cook, and pursued his career out of a love for the
art of cooking itself. Skinner meanwhile is an angry, overbearing
dictator of a head chef spreading doubt and negativity wherever he goes. No wonder why Gusteau’s was on the decline
while this guy was in charge and that’s not even factoring in his besmirching of Gusteau’s
good name by using his recognition to create a line of frozen food products to profit off
a dead man’s notoriety. Once he lost Gusteau’s to Linguini- Gusteau’s
biological son, he proceeds to do everything in his power to get the place shut down and
even captures Remy and makes a simple deal: create a new frozen food empire for him or
die. What a sicko. Okay, next is Up’s unhinged adventurer:
Charles Muntz . Much like Waternoose, Muntz’s descent into villainy is pretty disheartening. He was a beloved and respected worldwide explorer
who lost all his acclaim and credibility when scientists believed the skeleton of a gigantic
bird he had brought back was fake. Muntz swore that he would come back with an
alive specimen or never come back at all. Cut to 70 years later and the man is still
on the hunt. He’s gotten to the point where he had killed
two innocent explorers soon after meeting them out of paranoia that they’re after
the bird too and even kept their pilot helmets as trophies. Besides his dogs, Muntz doesn’t seem to
care about anyone else at this point and will go to any extremes to kill Carl and Russell
and capture the bird. This includes sending his army of vicious
attack dogs to rip them to shreds, going after Carl with a sword, hunting down the group
with a gun , and leaving a tied up Russell to plummet to his death. It’s insanely dark even by Pixar standards. We’ll give him this much though. Muntz has spent 70 years in isolation, tracking
a bird that is the ticket to getting his fame and status back, and is now 90 years old at
minimum. Those circumstances would drive anyone insane
out of obsession and it makes the steps, precautions, and countermeasures he takes to snatch and
keep the bird very logical- they just happen to be morally reprehensible. Sure, going after a child with a shotgun after
attempting to let him fall to his death is not justifiable in the slightest but at least
you can make a solid argument for why he does it. I don’t think anyone will argue that Randall
Boggs is a much greater evil between him and Waternoose. Randall used to be a kind-hearted, socially-awkward
nerd but after spending time with ROR and embarrassing himself during the last event
of the Scare Games unintentionally caused by Sulley, Randall became a much different
monster. Cut to Monsters Inc. where Randall is the
2nd best scarer in the company only beaten by Sulley. He despises how he’s constantly outdone
by Sulley and treats both him and Mike with a lot of callous. He bullies around his Scare Assistant, Fungus,
and doesn’t seem to value him even when he’s being subjected to the Scream Extractor. Oh yeah, the Scream Extractor. He invented this awful machine that forcibly
sucks screams out of the victim- leaving them a pale, empty husk- as a means of revolutionizing
Monsters Inc. and finally outdoing Sulley, and with Waternoose’s begrudging approval,
he was allowed to start putting his plan in action. And while Waternoose clearly only went with
this plan out of desperation to combat the energy crisis, Randall is definitely enjoying
this way more than he should. Look at this evil grin as Boo is about to
get her screams extracted, that’s a sociopath right there. As for violence; he nearly breaks Mike’s
arms, tries to torture Mike with the Scream Extractor for information, nearly chokes Sulley
to death, tries to kill both of them by dropping a door that shattered upon impact, and comes
close to killing Sulley by kicking him off a door. Wow…he deserves every shovel swing he got
and then some. Coco’s main baddie- Ernesto de la Cruz - is
living (well undead) proof that Pixar can still make an excellent antagonist. It seems like Cruz is the kind of guy everyone
wants to be: handsome, successful, a real crowd-pleaser, and an all-around nice guy
but that’s only the side of him he wants you to see. In life, Cruz was the musical partner and
guitarist to his childhood friend and songwriter, Hector Rivera. They had a real shot at glory but Hector decided
to turn it down because he wanted to return home to see his little girl again, one poisoned
tequila shot later and Ernesto has become a musical sensation across Mexico by passing
off the songs as his own. The fact he was willing to betray his best
friend for fame and fortune and was perfectly fine with him suffering his Final Death and
being lost forever to preserve his own image is psychopathic and unlike most other villains,
it’s a very personal blow. He also tries to kill Miguel for exposing
his crimes and while we’re getting alarmingly used to child abuse and attempted murder at
this point- it’s no less of a reason to stick him even closer towards the more evil
end of the Pixar Pantheon. Okay, we’re finally onto our first of the
Incredibles’ representatives. From the sequel- Evelyn Deavor. We don’t even know how to open up this can
of worms so we’re just going to list off all the horrible deeds she does to prove her
placement. Her goal is to have superheroes outlawed forever
and to do so she became a master hacker and learned how to mind control others. Under her alias, ”The Screenslaver” she
uses both monitors and her trademark mind control goggles to relay her message and force
unwilling Supers to do her bidding. She hypnotizes and frames a pizza delivery
guy to throw off Elastigirl. She takes control of Helen, Bob, Lucius, and
all the Supers her brother, Winston, had invited in a matter of days. She planned to abandon all the in-limbo Supers
and foreign diplomats on a runaway boat that would have crashed into the city and killed
everyone on board. And she has no issues letting Elastigirl die
from a lack of oxygen when she attempted to apprehend her. And she does all of this with a straight-face
and complete apathy in her voice. Wow. Just wow. That said, Deavor does at least have a relatively
solid motive for her crimes. Her father was gunned down in their own home
during a robbery because he wanted to phone for his Super friends to save the day instead
of hiding in his house’s safe room, unfortunately the Supers he called had gone underground
at the time. She genuinely believes that Supers make the
citizens weaker, more complacent and she wants them to be illegal forever so that people
can become more self-reliant. So, basically Lex Luthor but with a lot less
Kryptonite and a lot more coffee. As the most evil villain of the Cars’ series,
we have Miles Axelrod from Cars 2. Cars 2 is a strange mess with some pretty
out-there plot points but we’ll give it this: it had a pretty interesting antagonist. A supposedly charming, eccentric, and stupidly
rich electric car who organizes a World Grand Prix with the plan to make alternative fuel
look bad so cars will flock back to gasoline where he and his fellow outdated “Lemon”
cars have the greatest supply of untapped oil reserves- allowing them to reap massive
profits out of it. As the head honcho of his criminal organization,
Miles is essentially a terrorist. He’s organized the murder of a handful of
secret agents and tried to have Lightning McQueen killed when he was the last one to
stick with Allinol in order to sink the reputation of alternative fuel forever. Oh, and as a last resort, he planted a voice-activated
bomb on Mater with the intention of blowing him and Lightning into pieces. Okay, now that we’ve reached the top 4,
we’ll preface this by saying that these top evil-doers are in their own league compared
to the rest and you could make a convincing argument for any of these guys being Pixar’s
most irredeemable villain. That said, we do have to try and put them
in some order. Starting with Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear from
Toy Story 3. Is there anything new to say about Sunnyside’s
sinister dictator at this point? Everyone who’s seen the movie knows how
awful he is. Because he got replaced by his owner when
he was thought to be lost, Lotso became a toy that was driven solely by anger and sadism
who thought that no toy deserves love and all toys are just destined to end up in the
trash. He took over Sunnyside Daycare and turned
it into a prison with harsh punishments for attempts at leaving and even those who are
only guilty by association aren’t safe. He manipulates and lies to his henchman, switches
Buzz’s mode to make him another one of his enforcers and has him beat up his own friends,
and condemns Ken to death the moment he speaks out against him. The coup de grace however is one of the absolute
best moments for any Pixar villain. Woody and Buzz save his sorry pink hide from
being shredded at the dump, they give him a boost to a button that’ll turn off the
conveyor belt that the rest of Andy’s toys are running for their lives on, and then…He
sticks to his old ways and leaves them to perish in the incinerator. Lotso, you’re a
complete monster. The bronze medal of Pixar villainy is for
- the evil bear from Brave. He was once one of the four princes who had
inherited an equal claim to his father’s throne. Out of a desire to claim it all for himself,
he ingested a potion that would give him the strength of 10 men and the result that nobody
saw coming. He transformed into an instinct-driven monstrous
15 foot tall black bear who slaughtered each of his brothers and the rest is history. His scarred back houses dozens of arrows and
blades- representing only a small portion of the warriors he’s ended during his massive
killing spree across Scotland. Between that and all the bones found at the
old castle ruins, Mor’du very likely has the largest body count of any Pixar villain. Most importantly, the prince himself is not
in control of his actions and so unlike every other antagonist, he shows no fear whatsoever
and attacks any challenger head-on with raging hostility and blind hatred. When the bear is finally put down, the prince’s
spirit does emerge and gives a thankful nod to both Merida and Eleanor for finally killing
his furry prison and releasing him, but sorry dude, you killed and devoured hundreds -possibly
thousands- of people during the few centuries you were roaming the country all because you
wanted more political power. No amount of nodding is going to fix all that. Our silver medal for evil goes to Hopper. It’s kinda sad. It feels like A Bug’s Life is slowly being
forgotten by the general public as newer films come out despite this film having some real
sparks of brilliance. The best of them being it’s villain, Hopper,
the leader of the grasshopper gang that bully around and constantly put demands on the ant
colony. Much like later villains such as Skinner and
Randall, Hopper makes no real attempt to hide his true nature. He uses a mixture of intimidation, fear tactics,
and false compassion to keep the ants in line and his sheer size, strength, and brutality
allows him to dominate any one-on-one encounter with an individual bug- of course, if he didn’t
already summon the feral Thumper to curbstomp them. Despite this, Hopper is way smarter than he
looks. He knows the ants could easily overwhelm them
with numbers and gives an accurate portrayal of this by crushing three of his own under
an avalanche of grain. He terrifies his own gang and the only reason
he hasn’t killed his brother is because he made a promise to his dying mother. He came close to having Princess Dot -a young
child- hurt by Thumper to make an example. And when the ants weren’t able to provide
twice their usual offer, he planned to kill the Queen and take all the food by force-
leaving the rest of the colony to starve to death. What sinks Hopper so much lower than most
of his competition is that the movie doesn’t even make an attempt to give him an excuse
for being evil. He’s just a selfish, violent, and malicious
vermin from start to finish. For you avid Pixar fans, you should know who
we’ve saved for last. The Incredibles’ original supervillain:
Syndrome. Buddy Pines was a super fanatic and desired
nothing more than to be one himself- he wanted to wear a cool costume, beat up bad guys,
and become wildly popular. But even from that point in his life, Buddy
seemed to ignore the main reason any of his Super idols became heroes: to help others
and save the innocent. This little misconception along with an animosity
for Mr. Incredible for constantly turning him down as a sidekick due to his lack of
training and annoying presence gave birth to one of the greatest villains across Disney’s
entire empire. Syndrome’s plan was to become a Super himself. And every step he takes to get there tops
the last for how straight-up wrong and terrible it is. Step 1: create hi-tech weapons and equipment
and sell that to anyone twisted enough to buy his products- meaning he was probably
selling to criminals at best and corrupt governments and terrorist groups at worst. Step 2: Use those funds to create a prototype
of an ultimate battle droid that learns with every encounter and can go toe-to-toe with
Supers and win, send in retired Supers one-by-one where the robot kills the Super or the Super
destroys the robot and Syndrome upgrades it and gives it the previous droid’s memories
to kill them in round 2. This eventually leads to him beating and incarcerating
Mr. Incredible. Step 3: Send in this now practically unstoppable
Omnidroid to tear apart a city, murder some civilians, and take down any military resistance
just so this new Super- Syndrome- can fly in and save the day. That totally didn’t backfire on him. Step 4: Live the Super life he always wanted
until he gets bored and sells his inventions to any average Joe because in his own words… Even ignoring his masterfully created plan
and absolute unit of a robot, he’s got almost every evil card that every previous Pixar
villain has had and has no problem rubbing it in your face. He’s committed mass murder, tortures people
with electrocution, has no moral dilemma with trying to kill children, attempts kidnapping,
is a massive egomaniac, tries to pose as a good person in the public’s eye, and doesn’t
even value his own cohorts.Beyond all that though, Syndrome not only acknowledges that
he’s evil but takes a twisted amount of pride and joy in it. Alright Buddy, you want to be the bad guy
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