Every Pixar Villain Ranked

hey gang so my financial advisers told

me that I need to make more videos on

animated movies in order to fund my

Pikmin content let's talk about Pikmin

villains I mean Pixar villains silly me

yeah so 4 years ago I made a video

ranking the top 10 DreamWorks villains

that did really well it was a ton of fun

to make and I capitalized on its success

by never making a video like it again

for some reason look can you blame me I

was too busy figuring out if the

characters in Super Smash Bros can eat

pizza or not I honestly think I really

messed up by not becoming a gaming

YouTuber first and foremost and then

transitioning into film stuff afterwards

rather than the other way around in a

perfect world every single one of my

videos would be about Pikmin I hope you

know that but oh well that's enough

existential dread let's get back on

topic everyone loves to talk about

classic Disney villains and while there

are a lot of individual iconic baddies

from Pixar movies I don't think they're

quite as revered as a group you know

probably because while Disney villains

have a lot of arch types and aspects in

common Pixar baddies tend to Branch out

in all sorts of different ways you got

simple Rivals a couple actually good

twist villains legit Mass murderers and

a kid who's just expressing his

creativity damn it he doesn't know the

toys are alive gives it a break okay I'm

getting ahead of myself Pixar villains

are some of the first cinematic bad guys

we ever come across in our lives they

really left an impression on a lot of us

and there's a lot to say about why most

of them work really well most of them

because yeah much like the movies

themselves the consistency of these

villains really fell off over time I

mean there wasn't even an obvious bottom

spot for this list I actually had to

really think about three of these

atrocious antagonists and which

one belongs lower than the others but

before I tell you how much they suck a

couple of ground roles obviously not

every Pixar movie has a villain I

omitted the obviously villainess movies

from this list but I also wanted to be

upfront with some of my perhaps more

controversial solo missions basically I

don't think there are villains in Toy

Story 4 soul and Finding Nemo Gabby

Gabby seems like a villain at first but

the fact that they talk things out with

her fairly quickly means I don't really

think she counts for the purposes of

this list she doesn't feel incredibly

villainous deep down the same goes for

Terry from Soul they have no personal

stake in stopping the hero it's

literally just a job for them to pick up

this lost soul plus the climax of the

movie doesn't even revolve around them

they serve their singular purpose of

bringing Joe back to the soul world and

then they are irrelevance doesn't really

sound like a villain to me finally

Finding Nemo Bruce doesn't count cuz

that was just his insatiable blood lust

talking he's really a nice guy who else

do we got the dentist dude just wanted

some fish I don't know he doesn't seem

all that malicious and the same goes for

Darla she just shakes a bag Sid counts

because he's constantly straight up

antagonistic but like Darla just shook a

bag I don't know I don't think Finding

Nemo has a villain argue with the wall

one last thing in terms of the other

movies on this list I'm only going to be

counting the main villain of any

particular movie like the underminer is

not going to be on here I'm sorry

underminer Nation sorry to undermine his

influence however there is one movie I'm

going to have to include two different

villains from in separate slots and when

we get to it I think you'll know why

okay that's enough Preamble let's get it

going disappoint in the game of life

like I said I really had to think about

who deserve this bottom placement there

are certainly a couple villains more

embarrassing than this guy but

ultimately I realized that I had to give

the bottom slot to the one villain whose

very existence actively makes the entire

film story worse say hello to Emperor

Zerg I mean realistically think about it

Toy Story 2 already had two antagonists

in the form of Stinky Pete and Al from

Al's Toy Barn what the hell did throwing

in a third villain accomplish oh oh wait

I might have gotten something wrong in

my notes I don't think this is the movie

Zerg is the worst villain in oh here we

go I found the other movie he was in Toy

Story 3 you call this a villain role

it's barely even a cameo come on yeah as

I said worst villain by far he makes the

story worse you know that still doesn't

seem right what else came out that had

this guy in it um I guess there was that

one fan film where it's like a hyper

realistic Buzz Lightyear and they also

copy the emotional hook of interstellar

and most of the movie is spending time

with Annoying losers and one of them is

Tao yd and his whole joke is that he has

a pen in his suit and he keeps wanting

to use the pen and when do we get to the

climax the he uses the pen that was the

payoff but you know what the animation

is very good for a fan film even so I

feel like these fans really missed the

point and appeal of Buzz Lightyear he's

a corny parody of sci-fi Heroes Zerg in

actual Toy Story is his father because

Darth Vader parody a ton of people saw

this film and asked why isn't Zerg his

father anymore and I think that's

because if they kept Zerg as his father

that would be akin to admitting that a

serious version of a goofy parody

character with a goofy parody Darth

Vader villain is a deeply dumb premise

that never should have been made and we

can't admit that we spent 200 million

doll on this jeez how did the fans get

that large of a budget to make this

that's crazy anyway the twist is that no

this isn't Buzz's father silly this is

an older buzz from an alternate future

timeline oh okay that makes perfect

sense what if you haven't seen this

movie which is most of you I assume

you're probably wondering what makes

this the dumbest twist ever in anything

but to answer that we need to talk about

parallel universes you see Zerg is a

version of Buzz from an alternate

timeline where he completed his mission

but he wasn't supposed to so they tried

to arrest him so he ran away and he just

conveniently stumbled upon a bunch of

abandoned alien technology and robots he

then used all this convenient technology

to travel back in time but not far

enough back in time to correct his

mistake so he needs the time Crystal

from the version of Buzz that currently

exists in the present the problem I have

with this is that nothing in the movie

ever supports the idea that alternate

versions of the same character can

coexist or that going back in time is a

possibility Buzz has a brief line where

he says what we need is a time machine

and that's all there is in terms of

foreshadowing old Buzz doesn't Discover

the ability to go back in time through

his Ingenuity he literally just stumbles

upon technology that can do that for him

and all the robots who work for him now

can't say Buzz the only noise they can

make is Zurg so he's Zerg now are you

starting to understand why this is the

dumbest movie ever but wait there's more

stupid to talk about see Buzz's

entire motivation in this movie is to

correct a mistake he made that got

everyone stranded on this planet the

consequences of this mistake are

basically non-existent because nobody

ever expresses frustration or

disappointment at being stuck here

except him literally everyone is fine

living on this planet but Buzz is the

only one who's like no I got to fix this

we got to get home and it'd be one thing

if it was just the hero of the movie who

had this dumb assass motivation but

unfortunately because the hero and the

villain are the same person this is also

what old buzzes entire motivation hinges

on a problem that literally only exists

in his head because nobody else cares he

spent the past 50 years thinking no I

don't give a that everyone has a

happy life on this planet now I want to

correct my mistakes so nobody hates me

even though nobody does it's not like

old Buzz didn't know everyone was fine

he saw his best friend get gay married

and have a family so like what is his

problem is he just homophobic I think

it's that I feel like you could do

something interesting with the concept

of the villain being an older jaded

version of the hero but the problem is

that Buzz Lightyear in this movie is

extremely flat and boring I can't

picture him going down this road as a

character because quite frankly I can't

picture him going down any road as a

character he's such a milk toast

standard good guy with with a little bit

of an ego problem but it really doesn't

feel that drastic it's like they were

too afraid to make him unlikable even

though the whole point of the villain

hinges on the idea that buzz has the

potential to do some unlikable evil

things I don't like this movie does Zerg

do anything cool and villainous when you

detach him from the old Buzz twist nope

he's so boring just a dull evil robot

guy who doesn't have a single memorable

line of dialogue his motivation is

unbearably stupid stupid The Twist feels

especially pulled out of the movie's ass

and he overall makes the entire film

significantly worse this would

absolutely be the worst Pixar movie

villain if it counted but since it's a

fan film it's only really worth a

dishonorable mention wait what do you

mean this movie was made by Pixar what

are you talking about dinosaur

office all right what movie do I have to

talk about

next I will pay you a bajillion shilling

if you can tell me the name of the

villain from the good dinosaur does

anyone remember his name it was Earl by

the way yeah I bet you never would have

guessed that so this movie is a bunch of

scenes strung together where

Dino kid and dog boy encounter various

unmemorable dinosaurs and then they just

move on to the next one and I guess

they're supposed to be bonding as they

do this I think this might be the least

liked Pixar movie honestly like I found

out over the years that Cars 2 has a lot

of fans and and I always knew there were

at least some people who like brave but

like good dinosaur and Lightyear are the

big two that I just do not think anyone

on the planet likes anyway what was I

talking about oh yeah so Earl and his

Dino buddies show up in one 5 minute

scene towards the middle and you know I

thought the scene was fine it was

actually pretty funny when he suddenly

ate that squirrel he rescued but yeah he

wants to eat the dog boy and the T-Rexes

chase him off so he's out of the movie

now except once we get to the third Act

Act the movie remembers that it needed

to have a third act so it just abruptly

brings these Jokers back they kidnapped

dog boy and then instead of eating him

immediately they put him in a tree where

he can dodge them trying to eat him I

guess anyway Earl has no character

outside of just being the leader of a

cult who worships storms if that sounds

interesting to you trust me it's not

there is no reason to ever watch this

movie again it was a tough decision but

the reason I ultimately put Earl over

Zerg is because he doesn't actively make

his movie worse he's just kind of a

victim of the fact that there's barely a

plot and what little plot they do have

is being held together by Scotch tape

still he's absolutely one of the most

underwhelming pathetic forgettable Pixar

villains in fact he's so forgettable

that Earl isn't even his name it was

Thunderclap did you even notice I was

using the wrong name be fing honest

1800 myON holy Cars 2 not in last

place that means I love the movie guys

you did it you convinced

me yeah so I kind of just lumped the

German car in together with the twist

villain car I I don't really care enough

to pick one or the other the German car

is just kind of acting on the will of

the twist villain cars so yeah I don't

know the plot of Cars 2 and specifically

the villain's evil plan is so convoluted

and so stupid that it's kind of

delightful okay so Miles axle Rod

created an alternative fuel but then he

made it so the alternative fuel was bad

and kills people and so he uh so that

way he can trick people into only

wanting to use oil forever H it's so

dumb it's brilliant no it's just dumb

okay so the villains are lemon cars and

Society stopped manufacturing their

parts and they they laugh at them and

the villains are mad about that but like

miles axle road is Rich why doesn't he

just use his money and significant

influence within car Society to bring

about the change he wants to see in the

world instead of committing terrorism

manufacture the parts yourself I

feel like this villain would have made a

lot more sense if they were anyone but

the richest guy in the world yeah I

don't know I guess the scene where Mater

finally Corners him and presents him

with facts and logic forcing him to

verbally turn off the bomb was kind of

neat but like he kind of has that usual

twist villain problem where we barely

get to see his evil side like it only

shows up in this one three minute scene

where he's talking to all the other

lemons I think bellweather had more time

to be evil fing bellweather as for the

German car or whatever I don't know I

guess the them where he's interrogating

the blue car to find the 2 tbyte file is

okay that's all I got I feel like I'm

losing brain cells the longer I talk

about Cars 2 time to move on I went to

college oh God we got so long to go

before we get to the good villains all

right what's next Monsters University

yeah I think this is a decent kind of

overheated little film I mean it has

such a memorable villain uh what was

their name again oh yeah the dean she

was scar well did she actually count

though cuz she was kind of just a Stern

authority figure who changes her mind in

the end I don't know I looked up a bunch

of Pixar villain rankings and it seems

like the main consensus is that the main

villain of this movie is Johnny

Worthington III okay yeah it's a

douchebag rival character something

we'll be seeing a lot of on this list he

uh he barely gets to come up in he's an

to mik the whole film and then

he gets defeated at the scare games and

he's kind of surprised by this but then

the next scene he's totally fine and

saying hey Sully welcome back to our

team even though his team lost and Sully

was on the team that won maybe if he was

a little more desperate in this scene

and like his mask came off a bit and we

realized he was just a spoiled rich brat

or something I don't know this is just

this textbook of a douchy College rival

as you can possibly get he's basically

just Bradley Upper Crest thei third but

without any any Charisma or enjoyability

not terrible but not

impressive

back oh goody more cars

look Cars 3 is my favorite of the

trilogy and even I can't tell you a

single defining characteristic about

Jackson storm he's just the worst Chick

Hicks I rewatched footage of his scenes

and like yeah he's good at being douchy

he gets into Lightning McQueen's head

pretty well but like I don't know man I

I feel like you could just replace any

aspect of him with anything else and it

would not make a difference his dialogue

his design his voice ooh yeah we we we

should probably replace his voice

actually yes holy I'm going to come

he serves his purpose or whatever he's

just not turning up near the top of

anyone's Pixar villain lists well I knew

this was coming I bet this lady is a lot

higher than some of you were expecting

that's because Evelyn at least functions

as a villain you could tear apart so so

many of the writing decisions related to

her and everyone has already but at the

end of the day she's more effective to

her story than cult leader pterodactyl

and car who is mean to Lightning McQueen

number two of course she's still a

pretty bad villain and do I even really

need to go into why even people who like

Incredibles 2 tend to say yeah I'll

admit the villain kind of sucked she

lacks all of the Menace and Stage

presence that syndrome had she's

incredibly obvious as a Twist villain

considering there were really only two

characters that it could have been and

Bob oerk would have been so obvious that

even Disney wouldn't try it her plan to

ruin the reputation of supers is so

bafflingly elaborate considering the

reputation of supers is already in the

toilet when the movie begins what is she

trying to accomplish

exactly now supers are extra not

trustworthy in the eyes of the general

public okay great did you really have to

go through all of this to get to that

point why not just hypnotize TI some

supers and hold them in place so you can

slap those goggles on them and then have

them terrorize the city put me in the

writer's room Pixar I know my

better than that hack fraud Brad Bird

what did he ever write The Incredibles

Ratatouille I could write those in my

sleep disclaimer this is a joke I don't

know what I'm doing and Brad Bird is

really good at knowing what he's doing

except when he wrote this movie it

really sucks cuz I think the screen

slaver Persona is pretty intimidating

and would have made for a decently

effective villain if you didn't feel the

need to shove a Twist in there that

monologue he gives while Elastic Girl is

tracking him down you know it's at least

starting to touch on an interesting

ideology it just falls apart when you

realize the screen slaver is just the

mouthpiece for this boring lady who got

upset that her dad made a phone call to

superheroes and got killed for it if I

were her I'd be more upset that he

didn't put his phone in the safe room

that would have made more sense but

regardless it's a very contrived

situation to base your entire ire

ideology around honestly I could excuse

this if she was at least entertaining

good thing she's not I don't remember a

single line out of her and I just

watched this movie yesterday I'm going

to move on with my life now oh B so the

villain in Brave is big monster bear who

can't talk yeah I mean sure whatever

this thing definitely works as an

intimidating force it has a pretty sick

design some actually cool lore

surrounding its origin and it absolutely

puts Merida in some precarious

situations it's just not really an

exciting villain you know it would be

like if you made the main villain of the

SpongeBob movie the seab bear like yeah

it's scary you got to watch out for it

but like not really a great character

you know it also doesn't really show up

as much as it could have but for what it

is literally just a feral bear who kills

people yeah it's effective I guess I

like how it just shows up at the ending

and wrecks the out of everybody

like that's cool I suppose okay back to

never thinking about this movie again

isn't there anyone who cares

about I've seen Sid pop up on a lot of

best Pixar villains or even best overall

Disney villains lists and like I don't

know why you could argue that he's not

even a villain just an antagonist who

tortures inanimate toys because he

doesn't know they're alive he's just

letting off steam I mean yeah he's mean

to his sister but come on give him a

break yeah he functions pretty well for

what he is but I don't think he's a

really super memorable antagonist or

character in general I don't even have

much else to say about him he works he's

not amazing but he works I think the

horrifying sted animation of the first

Toy Story Works to this character's

benefit like he looks as horrific as the

toys see him as I like the part where

they psychologically torment him at the

end yeah I don't really know what else

to say he's fine moving

on all right now it's a party Chick

Hicks is the funniest Pixar villain not

because of anything he actually says in

the movie but just his very existence

just brings me so much joy it's Chick

Hicks kachigga kachigga he's just a

perfect douchebag rival who really does

not affect the vast majority of the

film's plot and yet his sheer hilarity

is enough to propel him way higher on

the list than he really deserves it's an

impressive feat to make someone more

unlikable than Lightning McQueen is at

the start of the film someone who never

grows never improves as a car person and

who ultimately the king's up

prompting lightning to display his truly

exceptional growth and help the king

cross the finish line okay but like if I

was him I would have crossed the finish

line and won the race and then gone back

to help the king but I I guess this is a

better lesson learned or whatever oh

well chick hick is honestly perfect for

what he is granted what he is isn't

exactly a stellar overarching antagonist

or anything but this is still perfect

for what the movie requires of its

villain this is Michael Keaton's best

role to date I will not hear otherwise

wait a minute I think we're on an

autopilot that whole time I've expressed

some problems with auto as an antagonist

in the past my main sticking point is

that he's a really flat character when

you compare him with the other robots in

the movie who have so much expression

and personality but then a bunch of

people pointed out to me that this was

probably the point Otto isn't compelling

in The Way Wall-E and Eve are because

he's a deliberate contrast to them he

sticks to his programming and directive

no matter what he believes Earth is

beyond saving because that's what the

humans from centuries ago believed and

he lacks the Free Will and autonomy to

question that okay that's deliberate

that's an interesting character choice

but at the same time it still doesn't

really make for an interesting character

I appreciate what ot's lack of autonomy

says about the heroes but I just don't

find myself compelled by him

individually he has a lot of good

attributes like his voice is incredibly

intimidating the fact that he pretty

much has command of every system on the

ship makes him a formidable foe and damn

when he tases WALL-E oh my God you

really want this stupid wheel dead a

good villain great for what they're

going for but I just don't find what

they're going for super engaging

personally boo it's my hands all right

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I want my Bo Charles monst is good he's

like the textbook example of a good

Pixar villain who works for what he is

just this lunatic who's lost himself in

a singular obsession for decades if he

doesn't capture this bird he'll never

get his honor back oh my God is this

what would have happened to Zuko if he

never found the Avatar yeesh yeah I

don't know if I have that much to say

about this guy his villainous turn makes

sense his scene where he basically tells

Carl he killed a bunch of people is

really intimidating you hate his ass

when he sets fire to the house he tries

to murder a child which is always fun he

just really works for what the movie