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A character can’t become a hero if there is no villain he has to fight and win against. Villains are as important to the story as the hero, even though we often hate them, but without them, it wouldn’t be as interesting to watch a movie or read a book. 

Even though we are supposed to hate the villains as they are being evil and causing chaos, sometimes they are also relatable and showing emotions that we also experience but suppress. A person on Reddit, Rito_Harem_King wanted to know specific villains that people can’t force themselves to hate and more than 25k people joined the conversation. 

We would like to know if a villain that you can’t hate is in this list and if not, fel free to mention them in the comments! Also, don’t forget to upvote the ones that you agree with!

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Wiley Coyote. I'm rooting for him to blow the Road Runner up.

ItsMyView , the Warner Brothers studios Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How could you not love Wile E. Coyote. You knew he was never going to catch the roadrunner but damn it, he kept trying!

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Tom from Tom and Jerry. I’ve always rooted for him.

deaf_phrog , Turner Entertainment Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tom is one of those characters who you sympathize with more when you’re an adult.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate eye_yoda said:
Yzma and Kronk.

smr120 replied:
Kronk, I agree 100%. Yzma was charismatic, sure, but still definitely needed to be defeated/turned into a cat because she was mean to Kronk about his spinach puffs.

eye_yoda , Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kronk really wasn’t a villain truthfully, just wound up taking a job for the wrong person.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Dr. Doofenshmirtz

Also Reiner Braun

tasteofmyshoe , Disney–ABC Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, yes. Doofenshmirtz. The “villain” with all of the tragic backstories and a good father. Also, he was the best part of the show. He was hilarious.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Hades in the animated Hercules movie. Huge POS, but f**k if he wasn’t entertaining.

yungjaquellus , Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s because James Woods decided to voice Hades like a used car salesman rather than a traditional villain.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

paranoiawilldestroy , 20th Television Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He's up there with Loki. And for very similar reasons. I'm... going to lie down for a bit....😊

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate walkingmyhellhounds said:
Magneto. Dude kinda had a point.

beforesunsetreindeer replied:
Was going to be my answer, as well. Epically when you dig into his and Charles’ past and how they used to be besties, still gets me :(

walkingmyhellhounds , Saban International Report

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#9

30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Hela from Thor: Ragnorak

You're brought up to be your fathers champion as yall conquer the realms only for him to have a change of heart and lock you up. As if that's not bad enough, you're erased from the history of the empire you helped create.

UnknownExo , Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate 6bfmv2 said:
The Grinch

steakandcheese1 replied:
He wouldn't be so grumpy if there wasn't a dude singing songs, every 5 minutes, about what a piece of s**t he is.

6bfmv2 , Bennilover Report

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Noir
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's one of those things that as you age you understand him more and completely relate to him. Just let the Grinch be the Grinch.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate James from Team Rocket

MegaMinerd , Pioneer Entertainment Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Prince Zuko

allbools**te , 20th Century Studios Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I took one look at this kid, and said to myself: "Okay, Zuko. You're going to get me through this show." And he did!

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Gollum. Not his fault he got caught up in all this demi-gods magical world domination malarkey, he just went fishing...

BertVimes , NACON Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favorite part of the entire series is when gollum does a little victory dance after he brings Frodo a fish

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Hannibal Lecter. He ate rude people. I'm fine with that.

TyhmensAndSaperstein , Orion Pictures Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have got a list of rude people for him that would make him fatter than Jabba the Hutt if he decided to go for it. He'd never go hungry again.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Inevitable_Chicken70 said:
Mr. Freeze.

Aniwaya replied:
Especially in BTAS and the Arkham games. Dude just wants his wife to live a long life.

Inevitable_Chicken70 , Warner Bros. Television Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most Batman villains were extremely sympathetic, especially in BTAS. Except for the Joker, of course. The Joker was f*****g nuts.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate You can’t hate my man bowser. Dude has 8 kids, legit go karts and plays sports with Mario and his kids. He’s looking out for his kids by kidnapping Peach so they can have a mom lol

AbstractElite , Marco Verch Report

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always joke, it’s cos he wants peach to be a good mum, instead of frolicking about between bowser, toad and Mario 😂 you have 8 babies peach, stop leaving bowser to deal with it all

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Vlad Dracula Tepes in the 2017 Castlevania series. Humanity sucks.

fufufufufufufufuf15 , Netflix Streaming Services Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate The Ice King. It's just a tragic backstory. He's just lonely and desperate for friends.

evil_wazard , Warner Bros. Television Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Shego from Kim Possible

erinnnn_ , Walt Disney Television Animation Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Davy Jones

GeTRecKeD303 , Martin de Witte Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Davy Jones is just a guy! Trying to be a pirate! Who’s heart got broken by his goddess girlfriend! All the boi needs is a hug!

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate GLaDOS. She is just so crazy and hilarious you forget she enjoys gassing innocents

HenryFrenchFries , Valve Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg, Fifth Element

CalmCalmBelong , Columbia Pictures Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Darth Maul of course. Poor guy might've been dangerous and had evil scattered throughout his career, but you have to remember he was just a pawn of Sidious. He realized this too late and tried to even tell others but nope. At least he passed an honorable death against Kenobi.

ExoCraft5000 , Quarax Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Strongly disagree with this one. He was a p**n in the beginning, but once he was free of Sidious' control, he continued to use his powers for evil. He murdered the Queen of Mandalore just so he could draw Obi-Wan into a trap. Later on he became the head of the Crimson Dawn criminal empire, and thus responsible for the usual criminal enterprises such as gun running, drug smuggling, prostitution, traffiking and the like. He had no redeeming qualities right up until his death.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Gargamel. Look, if I was a grumpy old warlock and a bunch of little f**kin’ gnome people sang their songs about love and peace when I just wanted QUIET, I’m just saying, they probably taste like blueberries.

Chilcha , Sony Pictures Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gargamel also would take his anger out on his cat though. The real reason I feel sorry for him is because he's in a dead end position. He failed wizarding school, his mother is awful. He spends most of his life trying to catch Smurfs for either food or gold--most of the time it was to turn them into gold, which is an impossible task he'll never succeed at and later on, he gets saddled with an apprentice he doesn't want who's basically in the same boat as him--he was kicked out of wizard school.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Gus and Mike from breaking bad

Maximo-One , Sony Pictures Television Report

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate The dude from Law Abiding Citizen. He was the goddamn protagonist and the writers didnt have the balls to see his story through

Ninjabonez86 , Overture Films Report

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

100% agree with this. The writers copped out of the ending this movie deserved at the last moment. I think if it had been made today the ending would have been made right, but we'll never know. I like the idea of Jamie Fox's tie being a "special" tie at the end recital like some people have said, but that's just hopeful thinking.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate Sandman.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is this the right Sandman, though? This looks like Neil Gaiman's, NOT the Spider-man antagonist who's literally a man made out of sand.

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30 Controversial Movie And TV Show Villains People In This Online Group Just Can’t Hate King Dice from The Cuphead Show. I mean who could hate a man who rocks a purple suit, is an incredible smooth talker, and has an amazing singing voice.

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