Good morning U.S.A… We’ve got a feeling that it’s gonna be a wonderful day! American Dad
has given us a lot of characters with less than stellar morals… But maybe that’s why we love them.
Even characters we once thought were harmless can show off a more sinister side. And because
our audience seems to enjoy the videos we do that focus on villains… We thought it was time to take
a look at who is the worst in Langley Falls. I’m Brad with WickedBinge and this is
American Dad Villains: Evil to Most Evil. For this list, we’ll be starting from the least
evil and working our way down to the most ruthless, malicious and downright vile.
Up first, we’re placing Sensei Tom at the bottom of the list. As far as villains go,
he was the most harmless. But we had to place him somewhere on this ranking because he was
a terrible influence on not only Snot, but all of his students. Sure, he made them stronger,
but he also encouraged them to beat anyone that made them feel insulted. He didn’t mind
that Snot was about to be kicked out of school and was only willing to give up the young man as
a student if he lost to Steve, who Tom already considered too much of a wimp.
Up next we have Murtz. Of all of Vince Chung’s friends, he becomes the most active and aggressive
bully at Langley High. Though we had to place him pretty low since, much like Sensei Tom,
he had the capability to be good. There’s been more than a few times Murtz has
been seen acting humane towards the kids he usually bullies. He began spending time with Snot
since they were able to connect over their fathers passing away and even took the time to let Steve
know he respected his choice to be celibate. Overall Murtz is a conflicting character. We
can’t place him higher since he doesn’t appear to focus on tormenting people outside of school
but he’s still clearly a villain of sorts who deserves to be included with the rest.
Emperor Zing places next. Now, while he does support abducting and enslaving, we had to
place him lower than one might expect. Why is that? Well, he was still reasonable enough to
give everyone a trial and a chance to prove that they were being separated from their true love.
He had an underhanded method to be sure he didn’t lose any labour at his mall, but
was a more approachable leader than many in adult animation- or any animation for that matter. And
we cut him a bit of slack since the only reason he wanted a shopping center and people to run it
was because of how betrayed he was by Roger. It’s unclear what happened to Zing after everyone rose
up, but we like to think he learned his lesson. Principal Lewis is not the best educator. And
certainly not the best person. He is an incredibly amusing character to watch and does become fairly
good friends with Stan over the course of the series, which does show his more sympathetic side.
But he also actively threatens his students and staff, even going as far as to break a
full pitcher of coffee over Steve’s face. Though in Brian’s defence, that was after
Steve hit a young girl on school grounds. He steals a police car while handcuffed, gets the
boys involved with counting cards and crashes his car into Stan’s due to texting. And that’s
not even mentioning his hobby of fighting dogs. While we’re on the subject of bad role models,
Jack Smith is worth bringing up next. A jewel thief that abandoned his family,
he made a living from crime. He neglected and abused Stan during the time he was around,
and only turned himself in to help protect Steve. And that’s the main reason we don’t place him
higher. For the majority of his time with the show, Jack is in jail or on the run, but when he
does make an appearance, he does come a bit closer to having some sort of relationship with his son.
When Steve is kidnapped by Krampus, Jack does eventually step in and save his family from Santa.
Though it does end with him having to take the role as Krampus for the rest of the series.
We couldn’t resist adding Roger onto this list. Though we do give him his own placement in our
full Good to Evil video, this alien causes way too much chaos to not be on this list. Roger is
without a doubt one of the most selfish on this list, but he does have his redeeming qualities.
While he tries to push the idea that he doesn’t care for the Smiths, he also is there to help
with their problems. Roger’s suggestions are not always the best or healthiest solution, but he is
protective of them and their safety comes before a lot of other messes. Roger is very, very selfish
and he is responsible for a lot of destruction, but at the end of the day… he does care about The
Smiths. Even if he has a hard time showing it. And for that reason, we’ve decided to be kind
to Roger and keep his ranking relatively low. Next, we have Terry Bates. Terry, unlike many
others on this list, was a nice enough guy for the most part. He was focused on building a family and
a career, working and living with his partner Greg. But when Roger took the place as their
adopted son Micheal, viewers began to see that the relationship was not as perfect as it appeared.
Terry frequently manipulated Greg into doing things disguised as artistic or classy. When Roger
threatened to expose him, Terry’s response was to lure their “son” into the middle of the lake so
he could kill him. After killing what he thought was his child, Terry happily went back to his life
like it was nothing, and Greg supported it, not realizing it wasn’t an accident. That is ruthless,
and we only place him this low on our list due to the fact that Roger wasn’t actually
killed. But still, this is pretty ruthless. Santa is usually seen as a good guy, but since
the show revolves around the Smith family, we had to take into account that Santa is on the hunt for
them every year. Now, Steve riddling him with bullets does earn the youngest Smith a spot on
the naughty list, but it was a genuine mistake. And watching happily as his elves cornered the
Smiths like a pack of animals was cold blooded. But hey, at least Santa is nice enough to everyone
else in Langley. But he certainly holds a grudge. Steverino was Steve’s clone for a single episode.
The entire story was stressful enough, with Stan and Francine trying to find a way to save their
child after Hailey ran off with Jeff. Any conflict happening between the two of them
usually results in a lot of messes, but this was on another level. Steve was slowly being ruined
by Francine’s enabling and Steverino simply snapped under all the pressure and tried to
take Steve’s place in the easy-going life before killing him. We don’t place him higher since not
only was Steverino unsuccessful when trying to murder Steve, but he also met his end by one of
the cats he kept locked up and tormented. A bitter end to a kid who could have had a happy life.
We’re ranking The Housewives and the LadyBugs together due to their similar approaches. With
the LadyBugs, they weren’t selling products, but all of the women were invested in only one thing:
appearance. They staked a lot on their reputations and anything that could put
that in danger had to be eliminated. And the Smith family always seems to be on the wrong
end of these conflicts, with Francine nearly being crushed by shopping carts
and Steve and Haily being caught up with a dirty cop.
The Thai General is likable, sure, but he is a villain. Taking Stan and his friends prisoner,
he has a weird way of getting information, using truth serum rather than typical torture methods.
It wasn’t until he encountered Stan and Haily during their race competition that he
resorted to more primitive and brutal methods, informing Stan that he lost his status. He’s
also shown to be far kinder to the men that work for him than many other leaders, letting them
have a “chill zone” and seen having small heart to hearts with them. He was described as a precious
little half-man, and we can’t help but agree that the Thai General is a lovable foe to have.
Avery Bullock is next on our list. Though responsible for running the CIA branch in
Virginia, he is not the most stable man for the job. He is constantly using his rank to avoid
being imprisoned for his more illegal practices. A lot of the time we see him, he’s having some sort
of tantrum, showing no interest in his job, doped up on some sort of drug or mistreating
someone. He had no issue leaving his wife as a hostage in the middle of dangerous territory.
He had completely forgotten about Ricky Spanish killing her on her birthday and was the victim
of a scrambler that made him a liability to his country. But we will give him some credit that he
was quick to reprimand Stan for protecting him. The Hot Tub was another one time appearance,
with a lot of viewers even rage quitting after the episode aired. We had to place him
higher on our list since during this conflict, he was able to successfully manipulate Stan and
murder several people. He wasn’t defeated, leaving his fate unknown. But we are unable to rank him as
a stronger villain since it was implied this was an alternate existence. Whether you like
him or not, he was able to get the job done and provided a few catchy songs in the process.
DJ Iron Monkey wasn’t so much a vicious enemy as he was a horrible drain on the Earth and its
resources. He held whales prisoner, paid loads of money for dwindling materials and lied about
his stance on helping others just so he would gain more popularity. But he was a young guy and we can
understand that the sudden ability to influence people because of his music is something that
would be tempting to use in order to get things no one else would have. It’s hard to say how much of
it was because of his own wants and desires and how much he was being influenced by those around
him who benefitted from his fame. We’ll never know since he was taken out when the ship went down.
Barry was revealed to have a devious personality, so we have to mention him here. When off of his
medication, he is able to use people’s former perception of him as a way to let their guard down
and eliminate them as a threat. He was far more capable being a villain when we first see him,
having Steve sent away and trying to claim Stan as his own father until Steve got him to medicate
himself again. When he appears next, Barry is defeated far easier. His only motivation the
second time around was to make Stan and Francine swing with his own parents and he doesn’t really
give a good explanation as to why and is easily taken down by Steve. He seems to become less
and less of a threat the more we see him. Nemo, being the antichrist, earning a very high
spot on our list. We realize the antichrist is a character that appears a few times in the series,
but we feel Nemo deserves a special mention as he follows the original timeline of the series,
rather than an alternate reality. Unlike Damien and Brickleberry, however, Nemo was
a relatively well behaved kid until his secret was in danger of being revealed. He targeted Steve and
used him as a pawn only after he overheard Stan inform Steve of what Nemo was. So for that reason,
we have to give him some slack. He was only really interested in getting as many people to like him
as possible so he could fulfill his purpose to rise to power before really doing any damage.
The Crow People of the cult Roger encountered is up next. We have to give these people the
Bronze Medal of villainy since they were not only merciless, but had their facade down
to the letter. The entire community was in on the idea of taking a single person every year
to sacrifice for the harvest, stating that they needed a pure maiden to appease the Crow God. We
aren’t entirely sure where the idea of a Crow God comes from for this community, but it clearly
resonated with them deeply. It’s never cleared up just how long this had been a practice or
how many innocent young women had been killed by their hands, but the entire town was to blame for
allowing it to continue and letting it escalate. Randy the p*doph*le earns the Silver
Medal of Villainy. Though he was a temporary character, he made an impression. He became drawn
to Steve when he saw the teen abuse his father, no longer believing Stan was capable of running the
home. Afterwards, he lured not only Steve but all of his friends to the waterpark where he used to
work. When Stan is hunting him down to save Steve, he talks to Randy’s mother who reveals that he has
killed children. Randy himself later tells Stan that he comes from a well to do family and has a
very good lawyer, so he was able to avoid any real punishment for his crimes. We don’t really get a
satisfying conclusion to Randy’s story since Stan wasn’t able to kill him. The most we can
say is that we’re happy to not have to deal with him anymore as he is an incredibly repulsive
character. A character who showcases some of the depravity lurking in the world.
We’ve already mentioned Roger once on this list, but we felt that his persona
Ricky Spanish deserved a special mention, as well as the Gold Medal of Evil.
This persona was so vile and corrupt that Roger marked him as irredeemable and discontinued his
character until he found the costume. He had landed people in jail, sexually harassed nuns,
and-when Stan was in the costume-almost destroyed all of the city. He was glad to leave Steve behind
when the deal went wrong, even though Steve had been the only one to believe in Ricky being able
to reform himself and had assisted in every confrontation. Though an unhinged persona,
the name of Ricky Spanish is now legendary among the fanbase. It’ll be interesting to see if he
ever returns since we’ve only recently learned he’s meant to be the brother of the Genie Gold.
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