--- description: The internet is having a discussion about the best villains in pop culture, with Reddit trying to figure out the best baddies of all time title: The Internet Wants to Know: Who Is the Best Villain Ever? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Wants to Know: Who Is the Best Villain Ever? by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2017 12:14 AM CUT by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2017 12:14 AM CUT _TIME’s new_ [_weekly roundup_](http://time.com/5050708/strangers-kindness-internet-reddit-terry-crews-tonka/ "undefined") _brings you the best and most surprising things happening on Reddit._ People love to watch [villains](http://time.com/3988925/supercut-super-villains/ "undefined") ruin things for heroes so much that many have devout fans. So which [beloved evildoers](http://time.com/2801704/maleficent-villains-wicked-witch-catwoman/ "undefined") were the best and doing their worst this year? Or for that matter, ever? People on Reddit have been keeping busy sharing their thoughts on who’s so good at doing bad. ### **Villain with the best lines?** One of the most popular [best villain line suggestions](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7irvth/what%5Fis%5Fyour%5Ffavorite%5Fvillain%5Fquote/ "undefined") from _Goldfinger_ didn’t come from full-time quote-machine and part-time spy James Bond. It was his nemesis’s comeback. Bond’s question: “do you expect me to talk?” Goldfinger’s answer: “No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die.” Another redditor floated a comforting swatch of prose from Satan in Milton’s classic tome _Paradise Lost_ “The mind is it’s own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” Leave it to the devil himself.  Goldfinger Everett ### **Which villain actually had a reason for being so villainous?** As for which villains had a motive you could believe, look no further than a “which villain actually had a point” [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7eg8l2/which%5Fvillain%5Factually%5Fhad%5Fa%5Fpoint/ "undefined"), where users namechecked Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) from _Ocean’s Eleven_, Hades from Disney’s _Hercules_ (James Woods), and The Joker (Heath Ledger) from _The Dark Knight_.  The Dark Knight In Christopher Nolan’s 2008 sequel to Batman Begins, Christian Bale returns as Batman, this time joined by Heath Ledger as the ultra-creepy villain known as The Joker. Warner Bros. ### **And the best video game villain?** [MaximumGamer1](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7i7n9d/what%5Fis%5Fthe%5Fbest%5Fvillain%5Fin%5Fvideo%5Fgame%5Fhistory/ "undefined") put forth the case for Majora who is out to destroy Termina in the game _The Legend of Zelda’s: Majora’s Mask_.  Nintendo **And Reddit’s favorite villain of all time?** Darth Vader and Voldemort were baddies that kicked off an [interesting discussion](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7d2hv8/who%5Fis%5Fyour%5Fmost%5Ffavorite%5Fvillain%5Fof%5Fall%5Ftime/ "undefined"). Because even their dastardly henchmen are freaked out by their evil acts.  (L-r) HELENA BONHAM CARTER as Bellatrix Lestrange and RALPH FIENNES as Lord Voldemort in Warner Bros. Pictures’ fantasy adventure “HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Warner Bros. 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