Who is the most EVIL Character in The Walking Dead?

[@alternapivo]

I think Governor was psycho before the apocalypse. Just didn't show it. And Joe was definitely on Governor level but even worse because he cooperates with guys like Den. But Joe was great villain and so underrated.

[@theohuntt]

@@alternapivo yeah I totally agree

[@lanceknightmare]

He had a wife and kid before the apocalypse. Nothing he said even suggested that he was evil before the fall of civilization. When we first meet him he is at the level of necessary evil. He did not know if the small military group were good people. He did know they were potentially dangerous and had stuff he needed to maintain that civilization. Context matters so while he did use the thinking of a raider. He was doing this to protect his group which makes The Governor better than a raider. The necessary evil tag can also be applied to hunting down those who try to leave the camp. Since they might tell others about the location of the camp. He only becomes evil enough to be on this list after killing his own people for disobedience.

[@dom1nation465]

​@@lanceknightmareNope you are completely forgetting about fhe fact he believed cure will be made yet he had a wall filled with walkers heads in fishtanks there is actually a video on this topic and imo it sounds pretty true that he is/was a psycho

[@lanceknightmare]

@@dom1nation465 A tank full of walker heads is just dark philosophy. The one military man's head being cut off and put in there however is evil. I am currently rewatching The Walking Dead so the details of the show are still fresh in my head.

[@dom1nation465]

@@lanceknightmare could you elaborate on that statment, what do you mean by "dark philosophy"

[@dnadz]

Governor pissed me off so much, cuz he was pure evil, not even any sympathy for him. But the biggest most evil threat in my opinion was Wayne Dunlap and garjulio.

[@darkone5973]

Fr Wayne dunlap evil is so well written that I really love him

[@lukekiely2450]

Garjulio… I’ll remember that. See that bird

[@richardrubio9152]

Wayne dunlap? 😂 man brought it back to season 1

[@Roshambo920]

One thing that annoys me when listening to villain ranking discussions for the Walking Dead is that so many people confuse scale with severity. These debates always boil down to Negan vs the Governor, and while I agree with these two finalists, most people don’t give each character equal metrics. Negan, for example, was first seen much later into the apocalypse and had accrued far more manpower than the Governor, who was first seen only one year after the world fell. In a straight up fight Negan would absolutely win due to the sheer manpower that he obtained by season 6/7. While he did also manage to subdue multiple communities, he was never as unquestionably EVIL as the Governor was, and that’s what most people don’t take into account. Negan has more manpower, but the Governor was the darkest and most unpredictable villain in the show and its spin-offs. He had, in all likelihood, personally killed more people than Negan did even though Negan had more time to do it due to the Governor’s raids and scavenging tactics. The Governor also had a far greater impact on the show’s progression as he was the catalyst for the group going north in the first place. I firmly believe that if any one character had to be too far gone to come back that it would be the Governor.

[@jotun.616]

Gov was rapey too

[@dimitrescu182]

If Teddy from Fear was included, he would have easily been number one, he's a serial killer decades before even the apocalypse started.

[@Christian_H3rnand3z]

People forget that if Merle gave Michonne to the Governor, *he could've given her the comic accurate treatment. Bro was messed up when preparing the torture room.* 🤢

[@Austin-sw3mf]

Leon Bassett was the most evil character. I was so glad when they killed him off.

[@theohuntt]

@@Austin-sw3mf 😭😭😭

[@explorinjenkins349]

So evil, he added a safety to his glock. Despicable.

[@mrj4082]

😂

[@MotherRosie]

One of the most well written and deep villains in tv history. His performance was spine chilling at times.

[@LucidzDimension]

"And it just shows how a seemingly unassuming family man can morph into a full-blooded monster" Describes Breaking Bad's plot pretty much

[@ndhickson3599]

I always thought Governor’s descent into villainy was very similar to Walter White in terms of the family aspect and the fact they both worked crappy jobs that were beneath them

[@lukekiely2450]

Funny enough, in dead city the flashback with Simon had him getting mad at The Croat for torturing a kid and saying “kids is a line we do not cross”. But as we know he would later go on to kill all males (adults and children) at ocean-side. That flashback was probably during the time Rick arrived at the prison which was 1 year into the apocalypse. As time went on, Simon became more ruthless

[@chrilpy]

He was probably just trying to earn cool points with Negan

[@LemonDrop-zt9xx]

I think Joe, Martin (Terminus), Officer Gormon, Rapey Davey, Jared, Pope, Lance, Toby and the Warden are worthy contenders.

[@RealTalkOrWalk]

Dude WHERE TF IS GARETH AND//OR MARTIN??? Martin almost broke Judith‘s neck and they ate people and killed them like they were folding laundry with literally zero remorse. They didn’t even see their victims as humans anymore. The most evil and really interesting thing about them is that they were all young and looked like they should be working at a Starbucks or leading a feminism march lol but they were the most evil group on the show by far. They also played off the helpless stupidly, nice façade so well when Rick and them got there. The show did a fantastic job of showing them as inexperienced and naïve people who were genuinely trying to do good and they looked completely normal. In the scene when Rick first arrives and meet Gareth, look at the people in the room with him, and also the lady doing the radio broadcast look like a nice woman who would be running a fundraiser, but she also eats people and so does that cute girl and every single one of those people there. So yeah, I really don’t think this video can be complete without the hunters on this list.

[@ts0088]

„Working at Starbucks and leading a feminism march“. Hate to break it to you but these are exactly the type of ppl that would do shit like that if things got heated.

[@sourmintsowplays648]

great video as always! I will say I'm surprised that Gareth and Dante weren't in this list though.

[@theohuntt]

@@sourmintsowplays648 both very good shouts! I just thought Gareth was saved by the fact he was actually trying to help people at the start and was driven to evil, unlike most of these on the list and Dante was a guy who was definitely unpleasant but at the end of the day he only killed several people on screen so doesn’t have the body count to warrant being in the list. Both amazing suggestions though!

[@abyxis]

@@theohunttwas gonna say Gareth was kinda driven to be like that. Some of these people were likely awful prior to the apocalypse and saw it was an opportunity to do these things without consequence

[@eternalexilededge5035]

Gareth ate people and had people eat people. Sure, he isn't as aggressive as the others on this list, but he invented bureaucratic cannibalism. We need a "More Evil Chars in The Walking Dead".

[@KxngR1cky]

If u count the whole walking dead universe, it is easily teddy from fear and there in NO debate.

[@Bumpercat86]

Rick really said "Take a seat on that stool for me please sir."

[@donnymann6739]

Rapy Dav, Martin, Maze,Toby, Pope,Pete ,Beta, Lance, Sebastian, Dante.

[@marlojoseph4954]

lance no

[@mrj4082]

Is Maze the girl from the Rick spin off?

[@maryammenalagha8989]

@@mrj4082 no, Mays is the guy that made Aaron and Gabriel play Russian Roulette

[@StrumGod]

People who think Rick is the most evil character is either too stupid or simply didn't pay attention, there is no inbetween.

[@valorgoldblum2362]

The governor always had me. Though upseting when he died. In my opinion.

[@marlojoseph4954]

beta should have easily been in on this list he's pure evil and has no remorse.

[@HunterJohnson-yc5zr]

The Governor. Nuff said.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

It's so crazy that when Negan came into the show and started going downhill but there's one guy you left out maybe two the guy that ran the troopers in season 11 Lance Hornsby

[@crystalshaw8744]

Lydia even had that evil in here in Minority Report.

[@donnymann6739]

Morgan killed more people, then Bondy and son of Sam But he's one of my favorite characters.

[@lanceknightmare]

Mojo Jojo should have shown up on the stage shedding a tear as the award was given.

[@mrj4082]

Agreed. Him too

[@jayvo_bag5480]

I believe negan in season 6 finale and 7 episode 1 was the most evil but he came down to a better man over time, you could see the transition. But on the other hand the first and last episode with Otis was extremely criminal in how they showed how devious and evil he was, surely it was a great decision for his death because everyone would have been made a slave and a dead corpse if he was alive.

[@endlessmyth7040]

The governor was worse in the comics. He SA's Mischone repeatedly, and he kisses his zombie-fied daughter with tongue. Then he gags and pulls away and says something along the lines of "Sorry, daddy will get used to it eventually". Makes me wonder if he did gross stuff to his kid before she was turned into a zombie and how far the governor went with her as a zombie. Was it just kissing, or did it escalate? I forget what happened to his wife but i wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if he killed her and started seeing his daughter as his "replacement" wife. I feel gross just typing this out.

[@markanthonycage6810]

The governor isn't Phillip. Phillips is his brother who was the original leader of that community that he killed. That's the comic backstory and the vaguely touch on this in the show

[@polsh]

Although the reapers weren't written very well imo, they were the only group that killed on sight and actively hunted people (Maggie & co from meridian) down. The whisperers had a 'somewhat reasonable rule' which was that you do not cross into their territory, although the pike deaths as punishment were very drastic. If the writing of this group wasn't so subpar I would add them to this list. On top of the criteria that you judged these characters on, I would say that the degree to which they could be reasoned with is also an important one. Same for garreth at terminus. Although you could say that he had a painful past, there was absolutely no reasoning with them and it was a certainty that the main group would be eaten by them if it weren't for Carol.

[@MortifiedPlatypus]

Noah's community was done by wolves. You see the resident's legs are removed inside the community. As they leave they find the torso with a W carved into their foreheads. You should do FTWD list too.

[@Nechay.]

Governor just a man who just actually was completely broke mentally by the apocalypse. Always though about him like a Dark version of Rick that lost everything in first days. Like Rick start loosing it when his wife dies.. imagine if Carl turned into Walkers just after that.. he would definitely used it.. there is a lot of similarities between these two. Just when darkness was looking at Phillip he blink.. when Rick didn’t. Buut thats just my thoughts about him. Good video

[@maridia]

Your take is spot-on. That was the writers' intentions, about Philip being the dark version of Rick. And I think it was a good idea they wrote Philip to be that way.

[@donnymann6739]

I forgot Arot She was a class a Douche

[@ruiz661]

W video ! , i understand your need to not put negan on this list since negan is mostly likely responsible for a couple hundred deaths , negans redemption arc shouldve 100% ended at season 9

[@LouisMorton-e3g]

Governor without a question

[@reesey8676]

My headcanon for the Governor… I don’t think the apocalypse made him the way we see him. He was more than likely that way pre-apocalypse. I think he’s a psychopath, not a sociopath. He’s a Ted Bundy type essentially. I’m not saying he was committing crimes pre-apocalypse, but I wouldn’t doubt that he held some sadistic desires whilst maintaining a social facade e.g like BTK aka Dennis Radar irl If you deep who Phillip Blake actually is as a person, for all the reasons you mentioned and more, he’s definitely no.1 I don’t doubt that there’s other types out there as well though. I think the consensus of the law stops a lot of Governor esc types from acting on who they truly are, but when the law ceases… Humanity’s darkest creatures come out.

[@chucksellers8422]

Carol should have been allowed to kill Alpha instead of Negan.

[@jotun.616]

Its definitely the guy who tried to blape carl. In the mainline anyway. Everyone in the last half of ftwd might has them beat though. Cept morgan, whos the only one that only takes kids who are volunteered to him.

[@kingteddytheangry3685]

I would say simon

[@tobiasduringer7627]

i know we dont see him until dead city. but the croat gave me chills. also jocelyn was a very evil woman imo

[@ArchiePlayzGamez]

The whisperers: 🧟🔪

[@lanceknightmare]

I am not familiar with a few of these. I watched The Walking Dead years ago. I have rewatched content several times over. Though, I only get so far in the series. I am currently on season 6 which has taken a few months to get there watching from episode 1, season 1 in order.

[@tavynspringston420]

Before i watch. Imma say Gareth disturbed me the most.

[@theohuntt]

@@tavynspringston420 yeah 100% that guy was creepy as hell 💀

[@tavynspringston420]

​@@theohunttShocked he wasn't on the list.

[@theohuntt]

@@tavynspringston420 he definitely could have made it, I think his saving grace is he actually started off helping people and was driven to cannibalism by his circumstances. Is Gareth good? No very far from it he’s a Canibal lol but I don’t think he’s as inherently evil as the people in this list.

[@tavynspringston420]

@theohuntt I do not believe the journey is more important than the destination.

[@theohuntt]

@@tavynspringston420 I somewhat agree with you, But I’m looking for pure evil not products of there environments in this list. Gareth is definitely up there tho!

[@Banskibri]

Actually the lead claimed said WE are going to

[@gingeranagram2467]

Gotta be Alpha. The apocalypse created all the others; it just gave Alpha an excuse

[@JeeseGeese]

where's morgans protein bar?

[@warrenreid6109]

The most evil character is Scott Gimple. He nearly killed off the entire walking dead universe.

[@clementinemarsh476]

agreed, frank darabont made season 1 & 2 so special, after season 2 you can feel the “sparkle” leave the show, doesn’t feel as gritty & real, i’ll forever speak about this because of how special he made the show, gimple sucks

[@theruiner4272]

not only is the Governor evil as fuck but he's also extremely dangerous due to being insane, a sociopath, very charismatic, a sadist, and highly intelligent. i'd actually say the governor has the potential to be the most dangerous character in the entire show, if you think about it. I will say that the governor does have redeemable traits and does have the ability to care for other. but he is very weak minded and isn't able to keep him bad qualities at bay. many people don't realize how insane the guy really is. Although Dan, Simon, Joe, and Gareth might technically be more evil due to being mindlessly evil and simplistic characters without any hint of a good quality (Gareth - the cannibal - doesnt really care that his mom and brother died, Joe was in the show for too little of a time for us to really know if he has any good qualities. all we've seen of him are is bad qualities, and Dan is just a straightup pedo without anything else to his character), they aren't capable of the damage someone like The Governor could do. Gareth is extremely evil. I'm surprise you didn't put him on the list. I'd wager he's much worse than Owen. Owen is kind of stupid and ineffective compared to someone like Gareth, who's a charismatic and smart. Gareth was only slightly annoyed about his brother dying and his mother getting shot by Carol to the point where it was a bit unrealistic. It's heavily implied that Gareth is a psychopath, which does make the guy a much more logical man than The Governor. The thing is that, although the Governor may be more insane and illogical at times, he's still far more charismatic, stronger, more able-bodied, and more intelligent than Gareth. Even characters like Rick and Glenn are more intelligent than Gareth. Gareth just seems smarter than he really is because he's a psycho, logical, and charismatic. Gareth is also a bit cocky. Simon is funny, violent, cruel, and evil as fuck. and although he is also a smart guy, maybe even smarter than Gareth, he's too much of an emotional thinker. The Governor could also act rashly and make emotionally driven decisions. but he does so in a much more abrupt, vicious manner, making him unpredictable. Simon on the other hand, takes too long to act, long enough for someone like Dwight to turn his back on Simon and rat him out to Negan. Simon also really isn't a sociopath or a psychopath. he's just a sadist and a bully. kinda like Negan in the earlier seasons. Joe is actually a bit similar to Negan. Both are sadistic, violent, and cruel, and they operate under a set of rules. I think Joe is sort of what Negan might've been before he came across Sanctuary and was just a ruthless leader of a group of ruffians. However, Joe is still more evil than Negan due to allowing a pedo r*pist (censoring the word just in case YT deletes my comment) in his group. Something tells me that he and his whole group have participated in such acts. Aside from Joe being a smart, charismatic, sometimes polite, and level-minded man, he's still not as dangerous and bad as the Governor. The Governor is the kind of guy to usurp the position of a man like Joe from his team. We also never really see much else of Joe's character since his time on the show, although memorable, was rather short. As for Dan, aside from being a pedo, he's basically a non-character. There's nothing to him aside from being a sadistic pedo r*pist. but that's honestly two things that are worse than being a mass murderer, serial killer, or even a cannibal. But although he has almost no lines of dialogue, you can just look at Dan and surmise that he's likely stupid and isn't capable of much else. He's dangerous to someone like a 5'3" 13yo Carl (depending on the circumstance). But to anyone else, Dan is a scrub. He's one of the least dangerous characters in the entire show. so even though The Governor may have more redeeming qualities that many of the most evil characters, his intelligence, physical capabilities, charisma, manipulative abilities, formidability, and his insanity make him the most dangerous character in the entire show, aside from maybe Rick Grimes at the end of season 4 and throughout season 5.

[@paulcarpenter7844]

Ed from season 1 carol husband was legitimate the worse

[@onetallpheeesh]

I hated the watered down Governor in the TV Show 😭 he's easily one of the most evil characters in the comics, him and Alpha both. But he was humanized in the show and made out to be some sort of Family Man.

[@LoriAlex-s2g]

What about gareth?

[@gingeranagram2467]

Still ride or die for Negan idgaf

[@LIAM28427]

Its the obvious choice because its correct dw

[@noyou1320]

Simon to me is the most evil person.

[@BLIND_BEAR]

Scott gimple, easy

[@SrSteve404]

why is this video 60 fps lol

[@chadfox6030]

The governor

[@UndeadSlayer5]

Where’s negan

[@davepericles6308]

Where tf is beta

[@StrumGod]

Governer is 100% the evilist character in thw show

[@mint567]

Wayne Dunlap is much more evil than any one one this list sue me.

[@SentryTheSigma]

Gareth?

[@Rick79LUFC]

Can't stand Morgans character boring constantly changing his mind hate his episodes

[@prhmusic]

I wonder if defining evil in the beginning would set the table about what traits are used to judge. Simon, for example, never really struck me as being as evil as The Governor. Killing the trash people group is bad; maybe his humor disarmed me...

[@cathelmet5446]

Trevor was always evil

[@XLPHA07]

Rick Grimes season 4 to 5

[@theohuntt]

He did kill a lot of people, but I don’t think it stacks up to what the people in this video have done

[@abyxis]

Ehhh Rick kills. But he isn’t a sadistic monster. Rick never went out murdering people for his fun, he was never out molesting kids, eating people etc

[@XLPHA07]

@@theohuntt yeah

[@prhmusic]

Unpopular opinion: Rick was evil when he attacked the Saviors outpost. Negan had a point when he said that you killed my people and when I sent more of my people, you killed more of my people... not cool. Negan was kinda righthin those statements.

[@hylianmango8272]

How is it evil to kill people you know are basically enslaving people.

[@micahbell5572]

The true villain of The Walking Dead is Rick Grimes