# Top 12 Animated Movie Villains of All Time

> Grand viziers, sea witches and small-time frauds all made the cut here. Charm decides these fights more often than menace does.

*By YPB Team · Published August 10, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/top-12-animated-movie-villains-of-all-time*

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1. **Scar**
   The Lion King's envious uncle, who kills his brother Mufasa and lets Simba take the blame.
2. **Yubaba**
   The bathhouse witch of Spirited Away, who steals names to bind spirits into contracts.
3. **Ursula**
   The Little Mermaid's sea witch, who trades Ariel's voice for legs on a rigged contract.
4. **Jafar**
   Aladdin's grand vizier, a snake-staffed schemer who wishes his way to sorcerer and genie.
5. **The Evil Queen**
   Snow White's vain sorceress, the first feature-length Disney villain and the template for the rest.
6. **Cruella de Vil**
   One Hundred and One Dalmatians' chain-smoking heiress, who wants a coat made of puppies.
7. **Hades**
   Hercules' fast-talking lord of the underworld, played as a Hollywood agent with a flaming head.
8. **Lord Farquaad**
   Shrek's pint-sized ruler of Duloc, who exiles fairy tale creatures to build a perfect kingdom.
9. **Mrs. Tweedy**
   Chicken Run's farm owner, who upgrades from egg profits to an industrial chicken pie machine.
10. **Feathers McGraw**
   The Wallace and Gromit penguin who poses as a chicken and pulls off a diamond heist without a word.
11. **Shere Khan**
   The Jungle Book's silk-voiced tiger, who hunts Mowgli with unhurried menace.
12. **Tai Lung**
   Kung Fu Panda's snow leopard, who breaks out of prison to claim the Dragon Scroll he was denied.

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