Top 10 Animated Movie Villains with Understandable Motivations

OK, we can kinda see where they’re coming from. For this list, we’re looking at villains from animated movies whose backstories make us understand why they do what they do, even if we don’t necessarily agree with how they go about it. Think Wilson Fisk in “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (2018), Rex Dangervest in “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” (2019), Gabby Gabby in “Toy Story 4” (2019), and more! What animated villain do YOU think had the most understandable motives? Let us know in the comments!
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[@spectreshadow]

A well developed villain is vital for movies to be good.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

Not always. Thanos. Sometimes time constraints get in the way and stuff but I don't know. I mean there were 20 something films before Infinity War that they could have used to develop his character. I don't know.

[@doubleflores8350]

spectreshadow sure wish Captain Marvel remembered that because the villain sucked in that movie.

[@b3rz3rk3r9]

@@doubleflores8350 so did the hero, come to think of it

[@uzidagod]

@@b3rz3rk3r9 the whole movie sucked

[@itdoesntmatterwhoweare]

At least a believable villain. We need to at least understand the logic even though we disagree with the attempted resolve.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Kingpin's motivations are about the only thing I understood about him in Spider-Verse. I didn't understand his accent, and I certainly didn't understand how someone with a body like his even functions in normal society.

[@MetakJesu07]

He has enough money to make everything custom-made for him, including doorways that could let a truck pass through!

[@yagroloiii5721]

Its an animated film...

[@Chief_Bill]

So, you think anime is better?

[@Lawfaito]

I see you so much on jojo videos

[@keberperk29]

I see you everywhere???

[@brettwisniewski9202]

You forgot about Mr. Freeze and the only motive for his cold crimes in Gotham was he was doing everything for his dying wife.

[@professorchaos5058]

Same with poison ivy right she just trying to save the planet from the humans that are killing it

[@petergray2712]

This list is for movie characters, not TV series villains.

[@Chief_Bill]

@@petergray2712 I think that Freeze has been in a movie

[@petergray2712]

@@Chief_Bill Yeah, in Batman and Robin, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger 😭😭😭. WHY DID YOU REMIND ME?! EVEN THE DIRECTOR APOLOGIZED FOR THAT TURDBERG!!!

[@ItsJustaMeNow]

@@petergray2712 So you've never seen "Batman: Sub Zero"? That's a classic yo.

[@hybridlegix466]

"I'm a new superhero! I'm Syndrome!" *The truck he literally lets go of blows up behind him*

[@lahtine7431]

*probably killing at least 15 people*

[@kidz4p509]

What a dummy he is.

[@moneylover318]

His motivation is stupid

[@-12Sided]

Frederick LaFrance Welp not as bad as screen slaver. She was a bad villain.

[@moneylover318]

@@-12Sided Honestly I thought her motivation was more real than syndromes. She wants people to fight for themselves and not rely on others because it her parents died

[@zaidas.2235]

Mother Gothel?? She kidnapped an infant because she was obsessed with her own mortality. She literally only cared for and kept alive said child for her power. Rapunzel was an exotic pet, not a sign of Gothel's motherly potectiveness.

[@boitata2617]

Well, I mean she never meant to "have" Rapunzel, First she had the flower, and her fear of death was bigger than her Care for a wealthy woman who she never met, than she Lost Said flower, but kidnnaping was not her First option, she tried to get a Lock of her hair First, but that didn't work, besides she could have treated her like an animal (not as in a pet, but an barn animal) like There are people in the real world who treated their children like that, Rapunzel had a good bed, good food, a window, was not chained to the wall in a Cell, had birthday gifts, I am not sure but I think she knew How* to read... And then again fear of Death os not something racional, was she selfish? Yes, but in a Very human level

[@michaelbyers4624]

Did you watch into the woods? If you did you would see where shes coming from

[@mannofdober873]

Congratulations, you understood her motives.

[@Heraldo_Del_Mar]

And as a result, Gothel's biological daughter, Cassandra was abandoned on the very night she kidnapped Rapunzel.

[@PrincessButterflySadie]

The King stole her own magic flower. Just like in the original story, Rapunzel's father stole cabbage from her garden.

[@DanielSambar]

Yeah, but Kingpin’s plan would’ve failed either way.

[@thecheeselord5943]

Yes me lord

[@-curtiscamp]

Facts

[@giggityking6505]

because the other him would be super pissed and vowed revenge

[@jbardouc808]

@@giggityking6505 actually because vanessa and richard will die a week later

[@Evening.Cicada]

Eyeless Jack I feel like that was secretly Doc Ov’s motive. She knew they’d die but didn’t tell him

[@o5276]

As kids we love the heroes, as adults, we understand the villain

[@saljpal3]

I always found 3 dimensional villains the most interesting.

[@somerandomchannel6274]

r/14andthisisdeep. wait no the villians are meant to be the bad people. WHO have killed people so i don't really no what you mean by this comment.

[@Cr1ticA]

So true.

[@TARONYX.]

Actually I loved villains and hated the heros

[@sladey6541]

@@TARONYX. i always do this i care more about villans they are more interesting

[@diooverheaven4137]

I can understand why Edgar was a villain. He wanted the fortune, however some cats got it instead. Jealousy can be quite powerful.

[@endousclarifroar3738]

And deadly.

[@diooverheaven4137]

@Alpha Union240 The butler from the Aristocats

[@lakobause]

So how is the guy who wanted to bring back his wife and son at the very back of the list?

[@yagroloiii5721]

Because watchmojo

[@malikwyrmtail6637]

Probably because the very motive of a superhero telling their fan to go home, or to be left alone because they were a nuisance. Which directly influenced the sequel, is rather hiiiiigh up. but wilson's life was fucked up by spider-man when he first encountered him. I think because he was planning one last deal before spidey screwed him up. There is some more backstory of this somewhere but i agree. this should be higher up. it was severely more emotional than the fire. Which is also understandable

[@ronologic3540]

Cause he was already evil before his wife and son died

[@pundertalefan4391]

Cause he kinda doomed the WORLD to do it.

[@bananatiergod]

Because it never excused how he was still a ruthless crime boss. It's exactly why his wife and son wanted to leave him.

[@SnowmanInABlizzard]

If Kingpin went as far as to cross dimensions to get his family back, did he not figure that the Kingpin of that dimension wouldn't do the same thing to get his own family back?

[@k.delpino1124]

Most villains 'think' that matters work out easily for their counterparts. So maybe they'll have it just as easy when interfering with a universe that's not theirs at all. In comic-book multiverses, scum is hereditary.

[@nagash303]

usually villains don't care, whose feelings they hurt, about the law, and the etiquette

[@trevorpayne8674]

Well, with endless universes there is one that works perfectly

[@Shadbraw]

Someone watched HISHE!

[@SnowmanInABlizzard]

Wait... I did, but I forgot it.

[@adeadchannel4129]

"Rex lies about being a cowboy, archeologist, **RAPTOR TRAINER**" 2 seconds later. "Then he trains an army of raptors." Ok then

[@dragonking1595]

I was gonna say that

[@hajimehinata5835]

Referencing to chris pratt’s other parts

[@ratom_]

bun bi Yeah, but the wording is so self-contradicting.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Rex is referring to his voice actor Chris Pratt’s roles in movies like as a cowboy and raptor trainer, as well as the archaeologist referring to a rumour about Pratt being the new actor to play Indiana Jones

[@tamayako2000]

Surprised that Ramses isn't on this list since he was quite literally abused and pressured into being so stubborn and cold. He was obsessed with upholding his father's legacy and making him proud, even if that means doing terrible things. He essentially became an extension of Seti, unable to become his own person and make his own choices. Everything he ever did, he did for his father, including keeping the slaves. He was controlled by his father, even beyond the grave.

[@brianlangstraat3066]

It is amazing that we could feel sympathetic for a slave-owner and attempted child murderer.

[@Deathmare235]

@@brianlangstraat3066 that’s a fucking understatement man legit commuted mass enslavement (though I thought the mass genocide was his father)

[@jaketaller8567]

Gabby Gabby Wasn’t A Villain, She Was Just Misunderstood

[@destoroyahofhope4005]

She's more of an antagonist than a villain, but nobody understands there is a difference it seems...

[@RUBPROMAL]

Indeed, and I don't assume her as completely selfish. Unlike other villains of Toy story she redeemed herself and she wasn't really a bad person. She was really nice to Forky (although it was beneficial) and the dummies

[@deadly5528]

I mean she is a antagonist but not necessarily a bad guy

[@DocWolph]

More like her situation broke her.

[@cameronmcewen7192]

She was a villain at first, she reforms at the end.

[@penny1545]

- Professor Callaghan. - Ramses. - Pitch Black. - Either Mewtwo or Entei. - Sid. -Waternoose.

[@kieranstark7213]

Why the fuckin' hell did these characters not make the list?! We agree with a complete majority (if not all, because Mother Gothel lived for the sake of being evil) of this list, but the problem with WatchMojo is that it has a habit of excluding many choices from this list despite the fact that it is a KZbin channel, which, like the rest, has standards.

[@penny1545]

@@mazkuz9359 Yes, you are right. BUT let's see his physochology. Callaghan believed that he had lost his daughter forever thanks to Krei's arrogance. So to him he did not care at all of what he was doing because he was blinded with rage and revenge. We, the audience, on the surface we do not agree at all what he did and he definitely deserved prison. But when we really think about it we can definitely relate to his actions and his emotional state. Even and you would have behaved like this if you lost somebody who you held dear close to you and you would wanted to take revenge from the person that he did that to you.

[@mazkuz9359]

@@penny1545 pretty much gone insane and became a murderer Just like 90% of the creepy pasta characters

[@penny1545]

@@mazkuz9359 Excuse me! If you had lost somebody loved one from somebody else how would you have reacted?

[@mazkuz9359]

@@penny1545 sad but not revengeful

[@jasminejohnston6393]

When you were scared of Scar as a kid but totally relate to him as an adult: “I’m surrounded by idiots”

[@vidvinecollage]

The only person needed to be added to this is spinel from Steven universe movie

[@insert_name_here8416]

*y e s*

[@quedielzy8579]

I like Spinal but to kill a planet and everyone on it cause you're bestfriend left isn't understandable

[@comicbookmovieandcartoonfa426]

Agreed

[@iceninja1997]

Yeah, abandoned by her playmate for probably a hundred years or more just to see her playmate's son replacing her place. Yeah, I agree

[@bborjon3542]

@@quedielzy8579 to be fair that planet got that friend to leave and be abandoned seems reasonable to hate it but not really try to destroy even though some other gems tried to do that but spinel also has a weapon made for that so I guess you should blame the diamond for that.

[@bendrescher7185]

I just watched spider man into the spider verse for the first time yesterday. Kingpin was a good villain.

[@tapatioman8411]

Tell me how you came back

[@darthvader8641]

Yes Emperor Palpatine

[@tapatioman8411]

Supreme Leader Snoke I thought you died

[@penny1545]

Yes! He definitely deserved to be higher in the list.

[@darthvader8641]

Tapatio man I didn’t update my profile pic so I’m still alive

[@MrRonald327]

Who doesn’t love a sympathetic villain?

[@chasehedges6775]

A general rule: _Both_ your *protagonist* and *antagonist* have to be _*interesting*._

[@andreuva4782]

I mean it's nice... But I hate people who can't bring themselves to simply understand a bad person. Believe it or not I'd argue a villian who is written to simply be a dick CAN be a good character when exacuted well. I feel as though people put something with a motivation on some uneeded pedestal and get some superiority complex for simply liking them.

[@jt.5431]

Andre Uva I actually think there’s truth to that.

[@mikeymorrison272]

@@andreuva4782 I like that. I prefer villains with a motivation you can understand. But sometimes a dickhead villain can be good. Like Biff in Back To The Future. He's just a dick. But when he gets put on his ass it's so satisfying.

[@blitzkrieg8776]

Sadly people rather have the black and white view of a world rather than its varying shades of gray.

[@theinkynightmare4140]

Syndrome had a VERY good reason to be angry, he was denied from his idol, and that made Buddy feel angry and unwanted, leading to his future...

[@rustygx4867]

The problem is Syndrome (a kid "hero" at the time) was very inexperince of crime fighting and he indirectly causes superheroes to be outlawed thanks to Bon Voyage' s actions.

[@swvwc8393]

I was going to say Lord Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2. He found an alternative way of using Gunpowder (one that might possibly win every war from then on), and because of that, had his fate destined to be defeated, and most likely killed, by a warrior (whose description left no doubts of species). In an attempt to change this, he made the wrong choice, and chose to attack a village of that species. After this attempt, he was banished from his home, from the throne that would've been his, from the prosperity he knew, and from his kingdom. After that, he rebuilt a new empire, of mass producing weapons, using materials he raided from small villages. He didn't thirst for revenge, he wanted the power he lost, and more.

[@agate865]

Another thing to note about Shen is that he ended up accepting his fate at the end. When he’s about to be crushed, he doesn’t try to stop it, but peacefully closes his eyes

[@Deathmare235]

How tf can you justify genocide hell they literally stayed he’d only defeated by a panda if he was still a warlord he literally had a choice

[@_Xsist]

No lie... I felt bad for KingPin.. He misses his family

[@olleselin]

Same

[@s.c.6989]

Dÿmø Wîñ I mean, it’s kinda his fault that they left in the first place.

[@CaptainCretaceous91]

You should see his childhood in Daredevil.

[@cameronmcewen7192]

They wouldn’t have left him if he wasn’t such a brute.

[@_Xsist]

S. C. True 💯

[@tvbnine793]

2:04 Thank you for clarifying that Watchmojo, Hollywood has painted a terrible image of Hades.

[@axlpelkey4478]

In the myths it was Hera not Hades trying to kill Hercules

[@tvbnine793]

@@axlpelkey4478 Exactly! Hades only appears in the OG Hercules story at the end of Wonder Boy's labors when he needs to bring Cerberus to the surface. Hades agreed to Hercules doing so, as long as Cerberus returns to the Underworld unharmed.

[@decimation9780]

Yeah, by all historical and mythological accounts, Hades is a strict but fair ruler of the Underworld, and despite wielding such mass amounts of power, never abuses it in any way. He passes on fair judgement to every soul that enters the Underworld. But to Hollywood, Hades is perfect to turn into the biggest villain, because he rules over Hell. Stupid reason.

[@tvbnine793]

@@decimation9780 The "dark characters" usually aren't as dark as they seem. Hades is legit the chillest, most reasonable, and least easy to anger out of all the Olympian Gods. The only thing you can really hold against him is kidnapping Persephone and black mailing her into marrying him. Even then he makes her a Queen and treats her as such, not like Zeus who cheats on Hera countless times.

[@skylermaves7272]

Most 'dark gods' from mythology aren't pure evil they're just doing their duty: Anubis, Hecate, Pluto, Hades. Hell I'd say Chernabog from Slavic mythology wasn't even that bad since he took no pleasure in the suffering he cause but did his duty anyways because it was his job.

[@barney2403]

Me : what about it?!?!? My friend : he is an alien who eat children Me: he’s just hungry

[@igorkopacynski8906]

Being hungry isn't a understandable motivation for a shapeshifting alien killer that was hiding as a clown and eating kids for hundreds of years.

[@Pawning]

He can get his own food from McDonald's And I know you might say "but he's a scary clown " he can just say he's a normal "human" from a costume party

[@brysuagar6520]

I would have done the same if im starving Just sayin

[@ok7251]

Lol im not a psycho but will the parents cry, and crying is negative just like the villains, so let's get rid of the negative (villains).

[@arar1359]

@@igorkopacynski8906 he need eat someone who afraid and childeren are easy preys

[@flashnfantasy]

The witch in Paranorman is my No1. But also Megamind from the movie "Megamind" who was mobbed and put in prison as a toddler from a superhero for no reason.

[@mrcritical6751]

Not really for no reason as a baby Megamind started a riot and almost broke everybody out of jail

[@thetruej7872]

The best villians are the ones who believe they're doing something right or has been through so much.

[@joed2431]

Yeah I love those kind. They are the most dangerous kind

[@Charle4217]

What defines a villain is not their power, but their ideals

[@penny1545]

Thanos would have been so proud to you! :)

[@josepessanha651]

Say that to joker

[@penny1545]

@@josepessanha651 Joker is crazy and he either does whatever he does for fun or just to cause anarchy.

[@cesarvictorino5983]

Top 10 Characters Who Are Pure Evil Incarnate

[@olleselin]

Mr. Potato Head

[@jhoslinpena4310]

@Clark Klent Thanos, Ultron, Lich, Aku, and Bill Cipher

[@shehz]

Not the new Joker upcoming movie.

[@GurpreetSingh-jv3od]

Thanos isn't pure evil when you consider why he wanted to eradicate half the universe. It was his Endgame 2014 counterpart that was pure evil because he was planning to erase the entire universe from existance.

[@jhoslinpena4310]

@@GurpreetSingh-jv3od i mean in the comics. He just kills for the Death, an ancient and cosmic entity

[@owenbernhardt1704]

I definitely agree with the number one pick

[@henrylivingstone2800]

😂😂 that Toy Story Clip with Lotso, I never realized that the clown was so savage, “she only replaced you”. 😂😂😂

[@SeaberGaming]

Ikr 🤣🤣😆🤣🤣

[@coppercross4871]

What about Ramses from the Prince of Egypt?

[@darthstarkiller1912]

Very underrated animated villain.

[@AmberAmour]

darthstarkiller1912 For real

[@newusername7281]

Why would you want to say that do you want slaves?

[@whiteraven181]

@@newusername7281 Ramses didn't want slaves, he wanted to maintain the current economy and social structure of his country and to "not be the weak link." Fear of failure and a need to meet his father's expectations drove him, not a desire for human suffering. Was what he fought for moral? Aw HELL no. But he wasn't trying acting on pure malice.

[@lordcooler1687]

How about spinel from steven universe movie

[@chasehedges6775]

I love Hades. He's voiced by James Wood.

[@KayoMichiels]

Yeah.. they had difficulty animating him.. because his one-liners where delivered so fast.. the animators couldn't keep up with his dubbing.

[@darthvader8641]

What about James Charles

[@JStryker47]

He and Dr. Doofenshmirtz are my two favorite Disney villains, because they're both just so funny.

[@broseidon1658]

Second favourite Disney villain. Number one being Scar, because he’s Scar.

[@darthvader8641]

JStryker47 k

[@ferrocha26]

"This movie introduced us to Mr Fisk" Fisk was made before the movie, for example: The Spiderman PS4 Game

[@josephnjenga7179]

Is this a joke?

[@znagdragon1476]

Amazing Spider-Man 2 game he is in it before that game

[@screamskull2532]

Where was spinel

[@tysondennis1016]

Honestly, I like humanizing characters by giving them motivations, personalities and quirks that make them complex. This can make any character feel real.

[@javaruscarstarphen4062]

Not too complicated.

[@karenstrong6734]

Me too, I’m a sucker for humanizing characters.

[@tysondennis1016]

javarus carstarphen Yes. I like it when characters are complex, but not overcomplicated. Basically, I like to use a primary trait that defines them, a few secondary traits to make them seem human, and tertiary traits that branch off from the primary and secondary traits.

[@tysondennis1016]

Karen Strong Agree. Personal question: Do you create characters? If so, who’s your favourite character original to you, and why?

[@tvbnine793]

true, but sometimes a pure evil villain like Maleficent is all we need

[@Unovakid24]

Gabby Gabby is probably the only "villain" I actually feel bad for, especially after the fact that the girl she wanted to be with turned her down.

[@flameshot4798]

I love how Hades reacts to himself being on this list in anger, but then calms down to here the argument as to why this makes sense

[@NathanDav42]

What about Charles Muntz from ‘Up?’ All he wanted to do was restore his reputation after it was wrongfully tarnished. He didn’t even plan on hurting the bird, just bringing it back, he was only corrupted by decades of trying to get one, leading to suspicion/paranoia of any who crossed his path. Adventure is out there!

[@cornmuffin8396]

I love the villains who try to give joy to others and the world,but are constantly alienated and slowly develop into villains and monsters of the story

[@deshawnedwards6412]

WatchMojo.com Top 10 Animated Characters Who Where the Villains and the protagonist.

[@stavstheman]

#1 Light Yagami

[@dantevic]

Ainz overlord

[@abskorditis1232]

Eren Yeager, maybe, in the 4th season, who knows, 🙄🙄

[@giggityking6505]

League Of Super Evil

[@fzcbh4698]

Dick Dastardly from Wacky Races. Pinky & Brain. Beetlejuice. Evil Con Carne. The Daltons.

[@whitehorseproduction3971]

Tempest Shadow from MLP: The movie should be a honorable mention

[@FanaticMitchell1]

I made a common saying that too

[@juanrisa945]

Yeah. Or even part of the list.

[@SHADOWHERO90]

most of theses characters are disney villains...are the disney movies set on earth-3?

[@moneylover318]

Ares from Wonder Woman had understandable motives How could they not put him

[@chadpeterson5698]

@@moneylover318 that's live action not animation so yeah doesn't count

[@moelester3807]

Chad Peterson there was a animated wonder woman movie to

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

That final battle in Spiderverse is one of those things that really defines "escape through art." Just a wild visual spectacle that takes you through a kaleidoscope of extradimensional tears in reality. Like Spiderman it was "Amazing" and "Spectacular."

[@jackandcarlyfan]

I truely believe Hans from Frozen should have been in this list. His life was a living hell having 12 older brothers bullying him, humiliating him, even his own father ignored him all his life and he just a place to call his own. Sure, his method was wrong but one can definetely understand his desire to escape that life 🤔

[@snowdust7152]

Someone once said that Hook was the same child that he got to this Neverland, but got embittered and grew up to take revenge for something to Peter Pan

[@lauracrimson]

How does Mother Gothel understandable?? She's vain!

[@chadpeterson5698]

She's not actually on the list

[@OdinAUT]

True. First she hides away a flower that could cure any diseases and problems. Then kidnaps a baby just so she could life forever. Honestly she doesn't even deserve a mention on the list.

[@godofchaos9571]

@@OdinAUT She also treats her own child like crap and abandons her.

[@OdinAUT]

@@user-gu6bs6gb9y Was it really? As I understand it she was just the first one to find it and then hid it away. After all the drop fell from the sky and landed pretty randomly. She could have used it to heal people and simply kept the fact that the flower can prolong her life a secret. Hell the ppl would have probably called her a goddess or a Saint, especially if she managed to heal the queen. Instead she was selfish. You could argue finders keepers but it's not a wallet she found. It's practically THE solution to all of the world's sicknesses.

[@godofchaos9571]

@@user-gu6bs6gb9y No, the flower was no one's. She just used it for her selfishness.

[@alexlatus9625]

Top ten most THICC animated characters. Number 1 kingpin from spider verse

[@sanjenyasha9031]

Hes THICC on all sides

[@cameronmcewen7192]

It’s not fat. It’s muscle.

[@frostedicepharoah7723]

Nope it’s the one and only Shrek

[@kieranstark7213]

IKR! What do a couple of the most hulking Mario characters (Bowser and Donkey Kong) have on Kingpin to determine their muscly thiccness?? *Krusha and Chunky Kong, a couple of Donkey Kong characters come along and massively tower above all* Oh yeah......

[@jonnycarcano]

Gloria from Madagascar, as well as pretty much every character in Chicken Run.

[@TheDrklight]

Spinel from Steven Universe movie. That backstory breaked my heart.

[@zedclouds_]

Feakow | Gabby Gabby had redemption.

[@ailanisg.4377]

Mike Aguirre I haven’t even watched the movie, but I saw her backstory and it’s just so heartbreaking

[@spinward6542]

*she suffered abandonment.*

[@olleselin]

TV movie

[@Pawning]

Spinel mostly had a mind of a 5 year old back then then she snapped and acted like she was 15 because she suffered from being abandoned

[@Blingy]

Spinel from the Steven Universe Movie would've been a perfect fit.

[@nathanielb4985]

Would she tho? Wasn’t really a understandable motive. When you find out you’ve been abandoned by your friend the first thing you think of is to kill her son and home even when you find out they have 0 intentions of harming you?

[@panthertakamaki7141]

Shaffrillis:sees number 4 Also shaffrillis: NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE

[@Gabezilla437]

Honestly I agree, like the hyenas, Mufasa could’ve kept some of the hyenas in the pridelands since they are scavengers, be eating all the left overs, they might be the good resources to clean the circle of life

[@RadinV1]

Thanos Well 90% of the marvel movies are animated by a computer

[@captainjakemerica4579]

No just no dumbass

[@Segadrome]

@@captainjakemerica4579 You can't hide from facts

[@Trilobita98]

Make twice as much food? Or kill half the people? Which would you choose with the stones?

[@ivybos6374]

If twice the amount of food was made, there would be people who would want to control that, and you can not deny that.

[@aliensguy4291]

@@captainjakemerica4579 look at his motives objectively... With overpopulation diseases spread faster, more resources are consumed at exponentially faster rates as the population grows explosively, sooner or later that system would collapse under its own weight... If you cut the population in half then the resources last longer and with modern birth rates it would take a long while to get back up to bursting at the seams like we are now and we would only have to use resources half as quickly as we do now which means we would not need to produce as much... Thanos has a point

[@thedyldillpicklerockstarfo9067]

Rex didn’t lie about being a raptor trainer.

[@MegaTimmytommy]

We counting TV movies? If so, Spinel from Steven Universe: The Movie

[@deviantgazer4626]

I think this is all Disney movie villains. Personally there is one person I would definitely rate at the top of this list that was very recent. Spinel from the Steven Universe movie

[@doubleflores8350]

Deviant Gazer what about King Pin from Into the spider-verse. That was a Sony movie.

[@blahblahblah3199]

Deviant Gazer YESSSSSSSIRRRRRR that’s the reason I came to this video😂

[@DTTheKnight]

And Rex Dangervest was Warner Bros. and Tai Lung was DreamWorks.

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

Kingpin probably has a way harder time getting dressed then Mr. Incredible does. Heck, it's a miracle he's got clothes that can fit him at all.

[@silent229]

I’m glad you title it understandable motive than justified motives

[@autumbreeze1129]

I disagree with number 1. Syndrome was only let down was because he was so self absorbed he never even considered the idea Mr. Incredible wouldn't want his help, convincing himself without ever even asking him that. Mr. Incredible NEEDED him. Edgar from The Aristocats is far more worthy of the number 1 spot here

[@marackermann2787]

2:47 : “if there’s one god you don’t want to mess with it’s hades” Aphrodite: Am I a joke to you

[@edwardcastroiii9411]

Tbh she has done far worst and more devious stuff then Hades

[@jonathangultom2863]

No it should be Kratos

[@forever761]

Lol

[@samkresil6011]

I thought it wouldbe Ares, really, but what ABOUT Aphrodite??

[@darkstraylily1477]

I feel like Syndrome should be closer to the back, with someone else at the front. Mainly because Syndromes motives were selfish and kind of centred around his own bruised ego, other than that great list! Animated villains ftw

[@Honk4frogs]

I know the movie just came out and its not a standalone feature film but Spinel from the steven universe movie definitly deserves a spot here

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

I hope Spiderverse gets a sequel. Everybody's all worried about the future of the MCU without Spiderman when the Spiderverse needs a sequel. Unlike MCU Spiderman, Spiderverse isn't in jeopardy so Sony should focus on that.

[@juanrisa945]

It IS getting a sequel. And a spin-off.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

@@juanrisa945 You mean a tv show?

[@juanrisa945]

@@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu probably that one too. But i meant a movie spin-off with Spider-Gwen, Silk, and the original Spider-Woman.

[@MrWolfchamp-xi3cu]

@@juanrisa945 Oh. Thanks for clearing all that up.

[@amandavvcullen13]

How about this with animated tv villains? Just watched Steven Universe The Movie and Spinel would take the #1 spot here HANDS DOWN! I LOVE HER 💕

[@jukebox_draws]

Spinel from the Steven Universe Movie!!!!!

[@SirCassis]

Excactly

[@jaydengreer2857]

YESSS

[@satans-leftnipple9564]

How was she not a villain?? She literally was going to kill the whole planet Steven lived on. She wiped away his friend’s memories and her own, so she wouldn’t even be aware that she plotted to kill his planet. Like??? How is that not a villain thing to do??

[@lightningdash231]

@@satans-leftnipple9564 what are you even talking about? steven ripped the rejuvenator out of her hands and hit her with it. in which way at all does that sound like she wiped her own memories? steven did it, even though it wasn't on purpose cuz he didn't know what it could do.

[@satans-leftnipple9564]

I’m gonna be real with you, I’ve only watched parts of the movie and am mostly going based off of what others have said about it. She may not have wipes her own memories, alright, but she still did to the other gems. Which is fucked.

[@derp-7274]

Do a tv show version I would put penguin from Gotham in it because all he wanted was to be treated well and not being made fun of wich gives him anger issues

[@tranquillizercampus227]

Awesome❤💯

[@peterculver8125]

I wish you'd waited a week for this list so Spinel from the Steven Universe movie could be on here

[@kristenthompson7471]

thats what i was thinking!!!

[@drilonkrasniqi9928]

LOVE THESE VIDEOS

[@jubusch]

One of the most specific top 10s I have ever seen

[@ryukomatoi592]

I love Shenzi, Banzai and Ed!

[@dingo4ever369]

Me too, and I love you 😊

[@Loreage]

Kinda bummed spinel wasn’t on this list but it was pretty good

[@0XBlondie96X0]

Flaminghorselord !!!! This was probably made before the movie came out or something. But yeah I hardcore agree with you

[@azlann677]

They made this episode 3 days after steven universe came out. But I don't know how long this took to edit so :P

[@skylermaves7272]

What's sympathetic about being abandoned by your friend for 6000 years and then going on a murderous rampage? Also why does Rebecca Sugar love redeeming psychopaths?

[@happybalint]

@@skylermaves7272 first of all shes not a psycho, second of all her reasons for being mad are understandable

[@rk3246]

This like the most specific top 10 video I’ve ever seen.

[@xanderjb7749]

I would have put Aggie Prenderghast from ParaNorman on the list too

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Aggie Prenderghast isn’t really a villain, just a misunderstood little girl with supernatural powers everyone treated as an outcast. She’s basically a female version of Norman

[@carlarventos7613]

Don't forget Spinel from the new Steven Universe movie. Even if it is a made-for-tv movie. Also you should have done a separate list for the Disney Villains, you know they're just going to dominate every list that doesn't exclude them.

[@KablamoVEVO]

I was rooting for Spinel, tbh

[@Laiser]

No way, her master left for 6000 years and she takes her anger out on strangers, she even admits it.

[@blazingblaze250]

@@Laiser she was abandoned by the person who was soppost to love her

[@blazingblaze250]

@@Laiser also those people were the people who pink valued more than her

[@cartoonfannikola5829]

Othet villain who have understanded motives is spinel from steven universe

[@cartoonfannikola5829]

And the diamonds but they are not villains from the movie

[@Ruby-Doc]

*_[Yes! Yes, I was looking for this]_*

[@cartoonfannikola5829]

@@Ruby-Doc me too but at the middle i realized that the movie was reliesed too soon to ad it into the video

[@ferrocha26]

Titan from Megamind might've been suitable for this list

[@mrcritical6751]

No he doesn’t have understandable motivation, he’s got nice guy syndrome and is an extreme narcissist he’s not sympathetic or likeable he’s just a creep who thinks he’s entitled to the girl

[@tonk3878]

Megamind himself would be a better choice.

[@alsanderandciaran]

@@tonk3878 If he was the vilian that is

[@PeterSiasoyco]

also he a simp,

[@gurvmlk]

I feel like Titan would qualify more as a relatable villain than an understandable one. I mean, how many of us wouldn't suddenly be driven to race after our selfish desires of given the power to do so, even if it means losing sight of what's truly important? Most people may say they'd still be morally upstanding if suddenly given superpowers, but I imagine many who do say that wouldn't really feel the same if actually given the power to get anything they want.

[@ViralZen]

When gabby gabby got a child, I teared up, one of the best toy stories!! Another fine example of a non villian villain

[@INTERESTINGTHINGSJCB]

To the beautiful person scrolling the messages i wish you a great day and a blessing year. From A Watchmojo lover here❤ Small channel love and support❤

[@thefunkyfetus5043]

Stop begging

[@tvbnine793]

Aw thanks fellow small KZbinr

[@canadianboi1507]

69th like

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

Are you transgender?

[@writer15131]

Hook: Did Pan show good form when he did *this* to me?! Smee: Cutting your hand off was only a childish prank, sir. Me: ...WHAT?! (I haven't seen Peter Pan in years and don't remember this line.)

[@michaeljenner2325]

If that was a prank then I’d hate to see what would happen if you made Pan mad.

[@unionpacific3863]

Pan and the Joker have the same idea of a prank

[@demon0981]

Out of every villain in the Batman franchise, Mr. Freeze is a very sympathetic villain. Victor Friez was once a brilliant scientist who spent hours of his lifetime dedicated to researching a cure for his wife (who he had cryogenically frozen until he could cure her disease), but had his research terminated by the very people who funded him. Spinel, on the other hand, is even more sympathetic as she was unknowingly abandoned by Pink Diamond and waited for her return for 6000 years! Although seeing her reformed was interesting, the second Steven tried to leave with the other gems, Spinel snaps back to normal out of separation anxiety

[@m3tr0id86]

Although Syndrome's (aka Buddy) can be sympathetic as I've had people I looked up to kick me to the curb, just because I didn't fit a certain demographic, Syndromes case is actually more of a case of being a spoiled child in the beginning. There is a Disney film analyst that you can Google up that shows that buddy was actually very spoiled because he never ever was told "no" for anything. While mr. Incredible's hubris was also not in any way helpful, it was the first time that buddy ever heard the word "No" in his life that got him to have psychopathic with sociopathic tendencies later on in his life. Screenslaver also brings up a very valid point too. I had to learn how to stand up for myself on my own, regardless of whether the fact that people want my head on a pike afterwards. Superheroes that save everybody all day everyday does make people weak and complacent and once trouble comes up that superheroes are the answer and they're not around what normally would have been minor in comparison becomes devastating because the people can't fight for themselves with a damn.

[@iamthewordsmith6232]

You have to do a second one. You forgot Mr.Freez

[@ceu160193]

Probably because Mr. Freeze doesn't act evil 24/7. in Arkham City he helps to create cure for Joker's poisoning.

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

Spinel is love, Spinel is life!

[@jackster9775]

Also Screenslaver should be on the list too. It made me cry so hard when she told her story.

[@bigdexmedia5233]

I like the selections that they picked

[@theshade0038]

I hope you do another one with Spinel from Steven Universe: The Movie

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Jamal Requiem Agreed

[@Adam_and_steve]

Why the hell isn't Spinel from Steven Universe The Movie in this

[@anitoonguru9139]

Sir Not Appearing In This Channel No clue honestly

[@Adam_and_steve]

She probably had one the most understandable motives of animation villians

[@samkresil6011]

Mr. Cuddles/The Toy Taker from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys: One of the most underrated animated films of all time, only this villain is much more misunderstood than you may think. The Toy Taker, a mysterious character who was known for hypnotising toys away from their homes with his flute, was really a teddy bear called Mr. Cuddles who was delivered on Christmas day to a young boy named Steven, who he shared a close bond with, until Steven started to outgrow him to spend more time playing video games. But instead of feeling angered, Mr. Cuddles felt pessimistic about his isolation, as he was placed in a cardboard box by Steven`s parents for quite a long time and was eventually thrown out by the rubbish man. This motivated Cuddles to assume his trench-coat-wearing identity of the Toy Taker to travel around the world in a blimp to lure toys away from their homes and drop them off in a hidden ice-capped mountain, so that they would`nt suffer the exact outcomes as HE did. But when Cuddles had been discovered by Rudolph and the gang after being apprehended as The Toy Taker, he reveals his tragic backstory and motivations to them and how he was still torn about being seperated from Steven. But Cuddles was soon able to change his life for the better when he returns the toys to their homes and was dropped off by Santa to Steven, who is now a grown man with a daughter, and it was the happiest day of Cuddle`s life.

[@Pawning]

@THAT GOES WHERE?!? It was made after the movie look at the date.

[@PrincessX-ke8tj]

I think Spinel should have been number one. She was left alone for 6,000 years. She was in a movie, so she counts

[@slimjim1st473]

No

[@TycoonTitian01]

I like stuff like this, nobody talks about it!

[@WanderingLoner1]

I actually felt bad for kingpin when I watched into the spider verse Kingpin just wanted to see his family for one time :(

[@devonted1018]

But to kill others in order to achieve his goal is a bridge too far.

[@SnowmanInABlizzard]

Nah, I think he wanted to kidnap them from their own dimension and bring them to his dimension to have for the rest of his life without considering consequences or the effects on other people.

[@Chief_Bill]

@@SnowmanInABlizzard that's exactly what he wanted

[@hirotruong1248]

Spinel: cried in the conner

[@Darkinfiniteedgelordslife]

Error: I can relate

[@Ruby-Doc]

*_[... hah]_*

[@andrewswanson456]

I understood his motives, i just could never understood how the hell he fits inside anything. Cars, clothes, anything

[@kylewatson7587]

Thanks from Jamaica 😁

[@safirykat839]

Spinel from Steven Universe: The Movie should be here, maybe next time :"0

[@zoelindwall637]

Safiry LPS tempest from my little pony the movie should be here

[@kristenthompson7471]

@@zoelindwall637 omg yes!!

[@zoelindwall637]

Creulla de veil should be on the list

[@MrPlaylist1991]

@@zoelindwall637 No, she wanted to turn puppies to coats. She's nothing but a vain and cruel woman

[@Fail-ul6uk]

Why is spinel from steven universe the movie not here?

[@lpnvgaming5236]

I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING!!!!

[@Satan-kl8gm]

Fail 101 Because Steven Universe is trash

[@FanaticMitchell1]

What, where's FizzlePop Berrytwist/Tempest Shadow from the MLP movie from 2017? she had a justifiable motive, she just wanted her horn back after it was amputated from an accident when she was a little filly.

[@kertelloedwards2265]

this list has a lot of disney villains wheres spinel from steven universe the movie

[@blitz4506]

Im honestly satisfied with this list... all (okay most) of my favorite animated villains deserved this. especially syndrome

[@kieranstark7213]

What villains should not be on this llist?!

[@blitz4506]

Kieran Stark idk can't think of anyone right now

[@kieranstark7213]

That's perfectly fine, because all the choices on this list show that WatchMojo can do a lot of, if not all, research to make lists!

[@blitz4506]

Kieran Stark well not always

[@mollymcmurtrie8037]

No.

[@yobroskiuu5326]

I don’t know why, but the thumbnail looks like a good meme.

[@Iron8127]

2:18 welp, now that you mention it... Hades(Kid Icarus: Uprising) is actually similar.

[@chadpeterson5698]

Except 10 times more evil and would demolish the Disney Hades in a fight

[@sharonkadach6884]

Cool to see Max Winters and Tai Lung! Also surprised to see Edgar 😂

[@davideaton4421]

OK watch mojo. You release thisvideo literally 2 days after Steven Universe the movie and Spinel doesn't even get an honourable mention!!!