Hey guys!
Welcome back to Top 10 Nerd, I’m Ron McKenzie-Lefurgey.
With Incredibles 2 on its way, I’ve got Pixar on the mind.
And considering it’s been 14 years since the amazing first movie, I’m thinking a
lot of you might be itching to see what the new film has in store.
But in the meantime, I think it’s time for a walk down memory lane, as we talk about
some of my favourite villains from Pixar movies.
Of course, there are a lot, so I can’t name them all.
If I miss your favourite, I’m sorry, but if you tell everyone about your favourite
in the comments, maybe we can do a part 2 and include some more!
If you finish this and want more Incredibles action, check out our video on Jack Jack vs
Baby Groot next!
But first, get ready, it’s time for the Top 10 Pixar Villains!
Number 10: Al from Toy Story 2.
Al is the greedy toy collector from Toy Story 2, who stole Woody from the garage sale after
Andy’s mom refused to sell him.
He needed the doll to complete his Woody’s Roundup collection, which he was planning
to sell to a Japanese toy museum for a fortune.
Shockingly, he’s also just a straight up weird person, who owns a store called Al’s
Toy Barn, and dresses up as a chicken to promote it.
And my goodness, he looks exactly like the kind of guy who would do all that.
I keep waiting for him to tip his fedora.
That said, of all the villains on this list, Al is one of the ones I have the most sympathy
for.
Don’t get me wrong, he’s a jerk, and he deserved what he got.
But I look at him and think, if a few things had gone wrong in my life, I totally could
have ended up like that too.
And that’s kinda freaky.
Number 9: Auto from Wall-E. I actually didn’t see Wall-E until last year, when I saw it
on a plane, and it kinda blew my mind.
The visuals were great, the story was compelling, and the villain was… really different.
Even though we didn’t know who it was for most of the film.
Auto is the autopilot of the ship, and even though a human is at the helm, Auto is the
one who's really in charge.
Even when Captain B. McCrea tries to take command, Auto overrides his commands to prevent
the ship from returning to Earth.
It turns out that Shelby Forthright, the Ceo of Buy N' Large, had ordered the autopilots
to deny any attempt at returning to Earth, and Auto took this very seriously, despite
evidence of life returning to Earth.
It was really neat seeing robots fight against other robots, seeing Auto mindlessly following
orders while Wall-E struggles to do the right thing.
So yeah, Auto is a bit of a different kind of villain, because it really was just following
orders, not trying to be a jerk.
But still, it’s the antagonist, and a pretty interesting one at that.
Number 8: Charles F. Muntz from Up.
Ugh, screw this, just mentioning Up gets me all emotional.
That montage is heartbreaking.
Anyway, gotta work through the tears here.
Charles Muntz was the main villain of Up.
He was a famous explorer; when he wasn't out hunting rare specimens for museums, he was
inventing devices that let him talk to dogs.
Carl and Ellie loved him growing up.
Gotta stop bringing up Ellie!
(fan) Sadly, after being falsely accused of faking a discovery, a giant bird he called
The Monster of Paradise Falls, he was thrown out of the National Explorers Society.
He vowed to prove them wrong, and in the following years, he became pretty paranoid, and a bit
insane.
This was pretty rough in the movie - Carl had already lost his wife, and then he lost
his idol - but it was a pretty good lesson in not meeting your hero.
And if that’s not enough for ya, Muntz was voiced by Christopher Plumber, who’s probably
the most legit Canadian actor of all time.
So that’s pretty sweet.
Number 7: Randall from Monsters Inc.
You know right from the get-go that Randall is gonna be evil.
Because his name is Randall.
Never has someone named Randall been good.
Randy?
Sure.
But not Raaaaandall.
Just look at Recess.
But if the name doesn’t tip you off, his looks make it pretty clear that he’s a baddie.
One that gave kids a whole whack of nightmares.
Randall is a colour-changing chameleon monster, voiced by Steve Buscemi.
He’s Sully’s biggest scaring rival, and he works throughout the film to sabotage Sully
and boost his own scares.
This leads him to build the disturbing Scream Extractor, which was created to collect screams
faster and more brutally than simply scaring kids.
He kidnaps Boo to test the extractor, but thankfully Sully is the bomb and Randall loses.
Stupid Raaaaaandall…
I’d also like to apologize to any Randalls out there, I’m sure you’re fine gents.
Number 6: Sid from Toy Story.
The Toy Story series has had some pretty great villains over the years, but I don’t think
anyone holds a candle to Sid.
He was just so twisted, so sadistic, and the bully aspect was super relatable to a young,
nerdy, unpopular Ron.
While other villains had more depth, and had a few surprises up their sleeves, Sid was
just a jerk.
But he was a jerk with a freaky sense of fun, who enjoyed taking toys apart and putting
them together in weird ways.
It’s really weird, but that said… does anyone else find his creations kinda cool
as they get older?
Or am I just a maniac?
Because that baby spider thing is pretty sick, albeit in every sense of the word.
Oh also, in case you somehow missed this, we got a glimpse of Sid in the 3rd movie,
rockin out while working as a garbage man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=narYf94TaPw Which I think was meant as a dig towards Sid,
with Andy going off to college while Sid’s stuck as a garbage man, but hey, I don’t
judge.
Nothing wrong with being a garbage man.
And ya know what… he seems happy.
So good for him.
Number 5: Hopper from A Bug’s Life.
It feels just a wee bit weird putting Hopper on this list, because he was voiced by Kevin
Spacey.
And Kevin Spacey isn’t exactly popular right now.
So to be clear, this point is just about Hopper, I’m not condoning actions of Spacey.
Although I will say, he did a bang up job voicing this villain.
Hopper was the brutal and cunning leader of the Grasshoppers, and the main baddie in A
Bug's Life…
Which came out in 1998, damn I'm old.
He can be very hot-headed, but he's also very intelligent.
He understands that the grasshoppers maintain control through fear, and that if the far
more numerous ants did revolt, they would be in trouble.
Fun fact, Hopper was actually the first Pixar villain to die!
Cool!
Also as a side note, did anyone ever have one of those Bug’s Life security systems?
There was a Flik one and a Hopper one, I had Flik, and I thought it was so cool.
And so great for scaring the crap out of my family.
Let me know in the comments if you had one.
Let’s bond.
Number 4: Mor’du from Brave.
Yep, Mor’du is just plain badass.
He would probably be on this list even if he didn’t have a cool story, but as luck
would have it, he does.
Mor'du was once a prince, who, in search of power, made a deal with a witch that gave
him the strength of ten men.
But this power came at a price: it turned him into a bear, causing him to murder his
family, which caused the kingdom to crumble.
As the years went by, Mor'du lived on, becoming the beastly villain we eventually saw in Brave.
Even though he never actually speaks in the movie, we get a really great look at his inner
workings just from his actions.
Plus, and I can’t say this enough… he’s so much cooler than the other villains.
Number 3: Bruce from Finding Nemo.
Finding Nemo has a few characters who could arguably be considered villains, but Bruce,
named after the mechanical shark from Jaws, is definitely the coolest.
And the funniest.
Bruce is the leader of a group of sharks who are learning not to eat fish, thanks to their
mantra: They’re basically alcoholics anonymous for fish eaters, and it’s totally endearing.
Unfortunately, when he smells blood, he’s unable to fight his natural instincts, and
he starts chasing after Marlin and Dory, turning Bruce into a kind of reluctant villain.
Bruce follows an interesting trajectory, where at first we think he’s evil, then it turns
out he’s good, but then he goes crazy and gets evil again.
And it was a nice little change from the usual Pixar thing of “Oh hello there, I’m a
kindly fella, you can trust me OH NO WAIT YA CAN’T.
Man, I’ve said Bruce a lot here.
Anyone getting Monty Python vibes?
Number 2: Syndrome from the Incredibles.
Yep, Syndrome had to be here.
As a boy, Buddy Pine wanted nothing more than to be a superhero, which led him to ask Bob
Parr to take him on as a sidekick named "Incredi-Boy".
But after being turned down because he was too young, Buddy decided to prove himself
to his hero.
Despite not having any real super powers, Buddy was an ace with technology, and managed
to turn himself into a superhero with his brain.
Kinda like a villainous, annoying, Iron Man.
I gotta say, Syndrome’s in a super weird spot for me.
On the one hand, he’s clearly a great villain, and he very nearly won thanks to his amazing
inventions.
On the other hand… he’s just so annoying!
Every time he opens his mouth, whether it’s the whiny tone or the whiny words, I just
want to slap him in his stupid whiny face!
And I’m not sure if that makes him a better villain or a worse villain.
All I know is he’s a damn good one.
Number 1: Lotso from Toy Story 3.
Lots-o-huggin Bear was the leader of the day care toys, and when Woody and the gang first
arrived, he seemed like such a bro.
The benevolent leader of this ragtag group of toys at a day care.
What could go wrong?
Well, it could turn out that he was a power-hungry maniac who ruled with an iron fist and didn’t
want anyone to find a home.
And it did.
Turns out Lotso was less the Daddy of the daycare, and more the Godfather of the daycare.
But he was so interesting, because his reasons were clear, unlike Sid or Zurg who were kinda
just “buttholes”.
He didn’t trust humans anymore, ever since a bad experience with his first owner.
She lost him, and when worked his butt off and made his way back to her house, he found
that her parents had gotten her a new Lots-o-huggin bear.
So when he crosses a line, he’s not doing it to be evil per se, he just has trust issues.
Sure he was a bit sadistic, as so many Pixar villains are, but everything he did was, as
far as he was concerned, for the good of everyone.
Also, he smells like strawberries.
Just thought you ought to know.
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