best 80′s cartoon villains
Sheeit, I saw this article about the top 16 80′s cartoon villains and it had me doing imaginary face-offs between characters in my mind. I have a nephew and niece so I often find myself watching the current crop of after school cartoons with them and it has to be said – “action” cartoons nowadays are all shit. It’s not like the 80′s shows didn’t revolve round selling toys too, but man.. at least when they’d have a fight, they had a fight. In these post-Pokemon shows they always fight each other – by playing WITH the toys (think Bey Blades, Card Captors etc). Even the kids think that shit sucks.
Back to this list though, I think they’ve come through with most of the major players. I’m in disagreement with some of the ordering but that’s bound to happen. I would probably put Starscream above everyone, even Megatron. He’s the most ruthless, has zero loyalty, and is a funny cunt to boot. When he threw Megatron into space because Megatron was weighing down the space shuttle, that was a GOAT villian moment. Skeletor to me can’t be the GOAT simply cause he’s just comedy, the look of him, the voice – everything. In fact Masters of the Universe characters in general just make me laugh as soon as I see them(Trap-Jaw, Stinkor) .. cept for Man-At-Arms, he’s mean.
As far as oversights go, they missed my man Doc Terror from Centurions (Centurions was mean as fuck!). Also Saw Boss (what a bad ass name) from Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors. I would probably throw both Bebop and Rocksteady from Ninja Turtles in there too, Bebop is trueschool as and Rocksteady had all the quotables. Props for no mention of Krang too.. fuck him. Take a trip down memory lane 80′s babies.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
what about the Misfits from Jem = P
August 6th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Yeah man Starscream was way more hardout – from memory Galvatron was better than Megatron even. From GI Joe I used to think Cobra Commander and Destro were bad too. Mummra is a good one. Pretty cool list, but I think I remember the goodies more – I got morals haha.
August 6th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Oh and I can’t believe you did a blog on ’80s villains without using the word “baddies” once hahaha
August 6th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Baron Greenback from Danger Mouse was bad.
“si baronie!”
I think my favorite 80′s kids show character was The Trash Heap from Fraggle Rock… who is the genius that came up with that character?!
August 6th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned this…
Wylie Coyote! Perhaps not the hardest villain, but certainly the most determined!
August 7th, 2008 at 1:11 am
^^^ cause Wylie Coyote is from the 40′s or sumthin my brotha.
Anybody remember Big Boss from C.O.P.S???
August 7th, 2008 at 11:33 am
^ Holy shit, C.O.P.S. Dayum that slipped my mind. I liked that dude Mace, he had a bazooka
August 7th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Man… doesn’t it count if I was watching it in the 80s?
August 7th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Garlgamel from the Smurfs. The Smurfs face a most singular nemesis
August 8th, 2008 at 12:48 am
Anyone remember Bravestar? They had the baddest villian names…
Tex Hex, Outlaw Skuzz, Sandstorm, Thunderstick, Cactus Head, Dingo Dan?