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73 Vilifying Villain Finds

Celebrating Those Who Revel in Their Diabolical Schemes

— June 27, 2012 — Pop Culture
Batman without Joker, Mario without Bowser, Luke Skywalker without Darthvader -- every hero has their necessary counterpart and these vilifying villain finds pay homage to those whose attention is encased in negativity.

Granted the Joker is a psychotic villain and probably doesn't deserve much sympathy, nonetheless without him the Batman universe just wouldn't be the same. Everyone gives Batman all the praise and attention while those that enable him to be the spotlight are cast aside.

Villains are popular because they are figures that people hate while being simultaneously envious of their will to not be restrained by rules and boundaries. Villains also don't have to constantly worry about having their secret identity revealed, they embrace and revel in their diabolical schemes for world domination. Given the choice I think I would choose to be a super villain, having people constantly depend on you to save them can get so old.
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Religious Villain Art
Religious Villain Art
Lubolo's Paper Darth Project is Sacrilegiously Sci-FI
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Downloadable Horror Villains
Downloadable Horror Villains
The Freddy Krueger DLC Puts the Nightmarish Foe into Mortal Kombat
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Sugary Sci-Fi Villains
Sugary Sci-Fi Villains
The Jabba the Hut Cake Will Have Star Wars Fans Swooning
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Intergalactic Villain Ads
Intergalactic Villain Ads
The NTT Docomo Darth Vader Ad Uses the Force to Sell Phones
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Vicious Villainous Characters
Vicious Villainous Characters
Vitaly Bulgarov Creates Video Game Figures That are Out of This Worl
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Ad Executive Antagonists
Ad Executive Antagonists
Adam Witton Depicts Cast of Mad Men as Batman Villains
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Literary Dark Knight Depictions
Literary Dark Knight Depictions
'DrFaustusAU' Mashes the World of Dr. Seus and Batman Together
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Sci-Fi Villains at Play
Sci-Fi Villains at Play
'Lord on Vacation' is a Figurine of Darth Vader on his Downtime
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Sci-Fi Felted Dolls
Sci-Fi Felted Dolls
Liberty Kraftz Shrinks Down Star Wars Characters to an Adorable Size
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Shadow-Cloaked Villain Visuals
Shadow-Cloaked Villain Visuals
Lee Killeen Depicts Batman's Enemies in Dynamic Lighting Conditions
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Cold-Blooded Villain Previews
Cold-Blooded Villain Previews
The Arkham City Mr. Freeze Trailer Leaves Viewers With Chills
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Precious Pet Adoptions
Precious Pet Adoptions
The Shopping Total Ad Campaign Shows That Adopting Changes Lives
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Villainous Celeb Videos
Villainous Celeb Videos
The New York Times Magazine's Touch of Evil Sends Shivers Down Spines
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Dark Side Brain Teasers
Dark Side Brain Teasers
The Darth Maul Rubik's Cube Shows a Puzzling Side of the Sith
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Villainous Video Game Teasers
Villainous Video Game Teasers
Arkham City 'Joker & Harley' Pits Batman Against his Great Nemesis
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Iconic Villain Galleries
Iconic Villain Galleries
'Arkham Eight' Showcases the Bad Guys of Batman's World
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Epic Villainous Hybrids
Epic Villainous Hybrids
Skevader Mashes Two Iconic Bad Boys for a Good Cause
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Villainous Teapots
Villainous Teapots
Drink in Evil with 'Pitchfork Pals' Over a Cup of Tea
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Ominous Occultist Raps
Ominous Occultist Raps
The Harry Potter Monster Parody Shows the Franchise's Villains
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Kid-Friendly Villain Visuals
Kid-Friendly Villain Visuals
Matt Kaufenberg Illustrates TMNT Enemies in a Whimsical Style
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Decaying Villain Depictions
Decaying Villain Depictions
Chris Faccone Illustrates Batman Foes in a Corpse-like Fashion
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Lighthearted Apocalypse Art
Lighthearted Apocalypse Art
Romantically Apocalyptic Depicts the Grim Future in a Sweet Way
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Haute Couture Villains
Haute Couture Villains
Mehmet Turgut Captures the Sinful Fashions of His Favorite Crook
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Veggie Sith Lords
Veggie Sith Lords
Learn to Carve Your Very Own Carrot Darth Vader
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Gangsta Sci-Fi Villains
Gangsta Sci-Fi Villains
Holla If Ya Hear Me Collection Gives Iconic Baddies the East L.A. Look
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Provocative Video Game Trailers
Provocative Video Game Trailers
World Premiere of Batman 'Arkham Asylum'
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Intergalactic Vigilante Mash-Ups
Intergalactic Vigilante Mash-Ups
The Batman Darth Vader Cosplay is Epically Geeky
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Patriotic Comic Book Ghouls
Patriotic Comic Book Ghouls
Clayton Ryder Crain Imagines Carnage in Various Historical Images
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Villainous Hip Hop Apparel
Villainous Hip Hop Apparel
Rock the MF Doom x Veenom Shirt and Show Your Love to the MC
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Mutinous Masked Models
Mutinous Masked Models
The Walter Van Beirendonck Fall/Winter 2012-2013 Collection
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Sci-Fi Script Art
Sci-Fi Script Art
This Darth Vader Redesign Recreates the Villain as First Described
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Joker-Monkey Mashups
Joker-Monkey Mashups
The Why So Curious George Shirt and Print Channels the Dark Knight Villain
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Child Sci-Fi Criminals
Child Sci-Fi Criminals
The Kid Star Wars Villains Portraits Show the Dark Side's Diaper Days
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Disturbed Movie Character Depictions
Disturbed Movie Character Depictions
Lorenzo Nuti Renders Fear-Inducing Images Inspired by Film
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Villainous Watercolor Visuals
Villainous Watercolor Visuals
Jonathan A. Reincke Paints Runny and Smeared Batman Foes
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Foot Clan Recruitment Prints
Foot Clan Recruitment Prints
Shredder Says 'I Want You for the Foot' to Take out the Ninja Turtles
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Vigorous Villain Visuals
Vigorous Villain Visuals
Leandro Franca Illustrates Awesome Antagonists From Geek Favorites
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Villainous Humanimal Shoots
Villainous Humanimal Shoots
Damien Vignaux Elroy Captures Macabre Captures
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ToyGiants Book
ToyGiants Book
A Journey Into the World of Bizarre Vinyl Art Toys
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Horrifically Morbid Femmes
Horrifically Morbid Femmes
These Annie Owens Illustrations Evoke Villainesses from Scary Movies
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Horrorvertising
Horrorvertising
Burger King's ‘Open Late' Campaign Caters to Scary Villains
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Retired Villain Photography
Retired Villain Photography
The Bad Guys in 'Horror Vacui' by Federico Chiesa are About Done
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Earth-Saving Super Villains
Earth-Saving Super Villains
Darth Vader in a Sid-Splitting Earth Hour Ad
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Chilling Horror Film Cartoons
Chilling Horror Film Cartoons
Bryan Baugh Renders Iconic '80s Villains from the Silver Screen
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Neon Space Icon Portraits
Neon Space Icon Portraits
Fabricio Moura Depicts Star Wars Characters with Chromatic Color Scheme
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Psychotic Villain Visuals
Psychotic Villain Visuals
Francesco Mattina Illustrates Batman Enemies in a Manic Style
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Villainous Illustrative Tees
Villainous Illustrative Tees
Phil Jones' Shirts are for Pop Culture Junkies
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Menacing Cinema Paintings
Menacing Cinema Paintings
Chris Labrenz Renders Villains and Anti-heroes from the Silver Screen
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Melancholy Villain Sketches
Melancholy Villain Sketches
Erica Eyres Artwork Begs You to Smile
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Historic Star Wars Miniatures
Historic Star Wars Miniatures
These Jonathan Kuriscak Figurines put Iconic Space Villains into WW2
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Villain Chair
Villain Chair
Plot in Luxury
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Photobombing Villain Blogs
Photobombing Villain Blogs
'Not Now, Skeletor' Tumblr Puts the Evil Man in Various Cartoon Scenes
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Deeply Diabolical Depictions
Deeply Diabolical Depictions
The Inner Demons Spread is Eerily Captivating
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Pop Culture Produce Portraits
Pop Culture Produce Portraits
Delightful Icons Turn Vegan in the Verdura Character Series
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Gritty Nintendo Nemeses
Gritty Nintendo Nemeses
Nekoixa Renders Badass Versions of Super Mario Villains
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Cutesy Villain Busts
Cutesy Villain Busts
Nick Ramey's Ceramic Art Will Blow You Away
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Frightful Film Antagonist Art
Frightful Film Antagonist Art
David Murdoch Paints Movie Villains in a Nightmarish Manner
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Clean-Cut Comic Villains
Clean-Cut Comic Villains
Artist Yeso Illustrates Batman's Enemies in a Neat and Orderly Style
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Minimalist Villain Visuals
Minimalist Villain Visuals
Adam Dello Buono Renders Batman's Rogues Gallery with Famous Quotes
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Movie Monster Muses
Movie Monster Muses
Donald Caron Paints Cinematic Images of Nightmarish Scenes
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Imaginary Villain Fashion
Imaginary Villain Fashion
The Other Hats Of Darth Vader
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Sci-Fi Brass Sculptures
Sci-Fi Brass Sculptures
Bellino Alain Recreates Darth Vader's Helmet Using Fancy Junk
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Super Villain Body Suits
Super Villain Body Suits
A Fishnet Unitard That Puts Catwoman's Appeal to Shame
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Scary Sorceress Graphics
Scary Sorceress Graphics
The Stuntkid Illustrations Show All Good Things Come from Bad Girls
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Hyperreal Character Caricatures
Hyperreal Character Caricatures
Rick Forton Depicts Celebrities in Stunning Detail
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Chic Sci-Fi Villains
Chic Sci-Fi Villains
Chase Kunz Gives Star Wars Baddies a Gentleman's Makeover
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Untooning Video Game Characters
Untooning Video Game Characters
Bowser Gets Real
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Phantom Villain Paintings
Phantom Villain Paintings
Arnaud de Vallois Illustrates Images with a Sinister Spectral Style
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Gritty Villainous Visages
Gritty Villainous Visages
David Rodriguez Renders Batman's Enemies in Horrifying Style
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Villain iPad Decals
Villain iPad Decals
Make Nerdy Accessories Look Gnarly with Comic Book Stickers
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Re-Gendered Disney Evildoers
Re-Gendered Disney Evildoers
Mae Uy Interprets Iconic Movie Villains as Females
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Hunkified Disney Villains
Hunkified Disney Villains
Pixiv Artist J Gives Ugly Antagonists a Handsome Makeover
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