When Villains Reveal the Truth: 39 Shocking Moments the “Bad Guys” Were Actually Right
The Wicked Witch of the West was certainly nasty, but on the other hand, just wanted her dead sister’s shoes! That b***h Glinda comes floating in in her bubble and steals the shoes off a fresh corpse, and when the dead woman’s sister wants the only thing that survived a house falling on them, Glinda’s like “they must be powerful because she wants them so bad”.
No! You just denied a grieving woman an heirloom that belonged to her sister, you absolute monster. Glinda’s the real villain of The Wizard of Oz.
Emily from Friends. She was made out to be over-controlling and possessive, but wouldn’t you be if your husband said his ex-girlfriend’s name at the alter, tried to go on your honeymoon with said ex-girlfriend, and then kept lying about hanging out with her? Then Ross ultimately ends his marriage because he doesn’t want to stop hanging out with his ex-girlfriend. He literally put an ex over his wife. Emily was totally justified to be [angry] imo.
Sarah Silverman character in school of rock.
Jack black is a sponge who takes advantage of her fiance. He then steals his identity and puts his whole career at risk, but then she calls the police she’s portrayed as some kind of major a*****e. .
Tragic backstories that make viewers/readers sympathize with them, iconic dialogue lines that people remember for a long time, and many other things make the villains likable. After all, to each their own when it comes to the kind of people we find charming on screen (or on the page)—and it’s completely okay, as long as the crimes in the story remain there and aren’t brought to reality.
In your opinion, which story portrays a reasonable character as a villain? Share with us in the comments!
Jack and the Beanstalk. First he irresponsibly trades in his mother’s cow for some beans. Then he steals a bunch of s**t from the giant who he then murders. Jack is an a*****e.
Edit: most of you understood what I was trying to say here, so thank you. For those who didn’t, I was actually trying to defend the giant as not a bad guy- I should have been more clear. And yes, I know this does not apply to all versions of the story: some actually depict him as a more evil character.
Emily in The Devil Wears Prada
She worked hard at Runway Magazine and lived and breathed fashion. She still deserved to go to Paris.
Thomas the Tank Engine: Day of the Diesels. The diesel engines rebel because they’ve been totally neglected and all they get is a lecture about being jerks.
Ever seen what about Bob?
Loved it growing up. As a kid you think bob is harmless and funny.. as an adult.. i would have punted him of a cliff. And the movie paints the therapist as the bad guy for not wanting to obsessed over by his mental patient with no boundaries .
The duck from the duck song is such a d**k dude.
He goes to this man selling lemonade and harasses him for grapes when he’s obviously selling lemonade. The man is actually a saint and buys the duck some grapes and then the duck says f*** you, i wanted lemonade, not even from your stand.
A personal rant i’ve been thinking about.
The hyenas in The Lion King, I think. I don’t remember well, but… Weren’t they starving? If that was the case, it’s normal they would support a new king that promise them food.
That children’s book about the Rainbow Fish. You don’t want to give away body parts to appease the other fish who don’t even like you? A*****e.
The bank in the movie Sing.
Buster Moon borrowed money against his building, and makes the llama seem like she’s the bad person for collecting on the debt?
Also don’t forget the people he hires, then pays with bad checks. Or the fact that he steals electricity from his neighbor.
That guy is a complete a*****e and piece of s**t.
Tim Curry in Home Alone 2. He is literally doing his job. He should have just had the police arrest Kevin for using a stolen Credit Card
The parents in Freaks and Geeks. They aren’t necessarily bad guys, but they only want their daughter to have a good future, and she has no appreciation for it. .
“My Best Friend’s Wedding” Cameron Diaz’s character isn’t the villain, and Julia Roberts realizes that she is the villain.
The Rock. All General Hummel wanted was justice and compensation for his men who died fighting for their country. He was never going to launch the missiles.
Benny from the play RENT. He helped everyone out, paid for mimi’s rehab, wasn’t charging any rent at all for a while, and still hung around despite the constant disrespect. He was using his resources to build up the lower east side that was overrun by d**g addicts and homeless people, but that’s bad.
The Dunlendings in Lord of the Rings.
The Numenoreans pushed them out of their lands and ravaged their forests for lumber in the Second Age. Then, Gondor gifted their ancestral homelands to the Rohirrim because of an alliance that didn’t consider the Dunlendings whatsoever in the Third Age. When the Dunlendings resisted this, they were the bad guys from the perspective of “the West.” They were forced off of their fertile land and into a wretched existence by colonizers. Yes, they were fooled by Saruman, but what option did they really have when no other powers in Middle Earth aided them whatsoever?
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