The villainous answer key! 1. Syndrome, The Incredibles ​ 2. Auric Goldfinger, Goldfinger ​ 3. Bowser, Super Mario Bros. ​ 4. Hans Gruber, Die Hard ​ 5. Chairface Chippendale, The Tick ​ 6. Claudius, Hamlet ​ 7. Sauron, Lord of the Rings ​ 8. Peter Pettigrew/Wormtail, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Accept just Harry Potter] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 9. Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs and/or Pinky and the Brain [Accept either or both] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 10. Thénardier, Les Misérables [Sidenote: if anyone protests that it was a button and not a piece of cloth, that’s ​ ​ because it’s cloth in the book and a button in the musical. I went with the book’s version here.] 11. John Doe, Se7en ​ 12. Manfred Von Karma, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney ​ 13. Leon Czolgosz, real life 14. Regina, Once Upon a Time [Accept “The evil queen” or variants thereof] ​ ​ 15. Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights ​ 16. Bob Ewell, To Kill a Mockingbird ​ 17. Hagen, Götterdämmerung [Half-credit for “The Ring Cycle” or variants thereof.] ​ ​ 18. Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [Accept Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory] ​ ​ ​ ​ 19. The Auditors of Reality, the Discworld series [Accept just “The Auditors,” and potentially accept specific ​ ​ ​ Discworld titles - Thief of Time would be the most obvious individual book to choose here.] ​ ​ 20. Coach Oleander, Psychonauts ​ 21. Garfield, Garfield [Accept Garfield & Friends] ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 22. The Phantom, The Phantom of the Opera ​ 23. Alfred von Schlieffen, real life 24. Cavil, Battlestar Galactica [Accept “John Cavil” and/or “Number One”] ​ ​ 25. Tom Ripley, The Talented Mr. Ripley ​ 26. Captain Edmund Blackadder, Blackadder Goes Forth ​ 27. Nero, real life 28. Dr. Sheppard, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd [I’m willing to give half-credit on the villain’s identity for “the ​ ​ ​ doctor” or “the narrator.”] 29. Man, Bambi ​ 30. Annie Wilkes, Misery ​ 31. Jerry, Seinfeld ​ 32. Medea, Medea [Also accept any variant on “Greek myth” as the source material] ​ ​ 33. Chell, Portal and Portal 2 ​ ​ ​ 34. Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd ​ 35. Dr. Forrester and/or The Mads, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K) ​ ​ ​ ​ 36. Hannibal Lecter, The Silence of the Lambs ​ 37. Noah Cross, Chinatown ​ 38. Loki, The Avengers ​ 39. John Galt, Atlas Shrugged ​ 40. Prince Humperdinck, The Princess Bride ​ 41. Gaston, Beauty and the Beast ​ 42. Don José, Carmen ​ 43. Alma Coin, Mockingjay [Accept The Hunger Games] ​ ​ ​ ​ 44. James Reynolds, Hamilton and/or real life ​ ​ 45. The Grinch, How the Grinch Stole Christmas ​ 46. Amy Dunne, Gone Girl ​ 47. Bonnie Parker, real life 48. Phyllis Dietrichson, Double Indemnity ​ 49. The Joker, The Killing Joke ​ 50. Jerry Lundegaard, Fargo ​ .