Worst Villain Cliches

1Wanting to rule over something


2Evil laugh

Evil laugh


3Falling to their death

Falling to their death


4Extremely deep voice


5Being crazy


6Bad childhood


7Henchmen with low intelligence


8They give the heroes enough time to survive


9The killer is thought to be dead but really isn't


10They believe what they're doing is right

They believe what they


11The villain has an easy-to-escape death trap


12Calling people "fools"


13Dark clothing


14"You will die"


15Naturally evil

Naturally evil


16Killing their own henchmen


17Being an animal that is commonly stereotyped as a villain


18Wants to kill everyone or destroy the world


19They talk rather than kill


20Hates the protagonist more than he hates anyone else


21Looking more effeminate or androgynous than the hero


22They watch over the protagonists with a magic orb


23They smoke


24They are a family member of the hero


25Associated with darkness


26Having a scary speech in the climax


27Wears a longer coat than the hero


28Being bloodthirsty


29Having a species of animal as henchmen


30Has longer hair than the hero


31They are very good at vocabulary