Villain

A villain is a bad person. The word comes from a Latin word meaning a feudal farm worker or peasant. Villains, or antagonists, are usually found in fiction, such as movies, television shows, cartoons, comics, novels and video games. The audience do not usually like the villain and they support the hero or heroine. However, in some cases the villain is more praised by the public than the hero, as the example of Joker in the Batman franchise. In some movies and books (such as the movie Ocean's Eleven), the antagonist is a good person and the main character is bad (such as a robber). When used in comic books, they are depicted as supervillains. Supervillains usually hold some kind of unnatural force. There have been Cartoon villains since 1912.

Villains such as Frankenstein, Dracula, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Pennywise the Clown, Chucky, Hannibal Lecter, Darth Vader, Grinch, Dick Dastardly, Muttley, Xenomorph, Sauron, Dalek, Joker, Boris and Natasha, Lord Voldemort, Thanos, Bowser, Bill Cipher, Evil Queen, Pete, Bluto, Marvin the Martian, Sheldon J. Plankton, Kang and Kodos, Sideshow Bob, Mr. Burns and many others.