Worst Villain: The Poll

[Plato's Pony 455]

 

 

Nightmare Moon is just laughably passive and incompetent, really you're an alicorn so powerful that Celestia had to use the elements against you and when you have 6 ponies out to find the elements and stop you all you think to do is Turn into a thorn so a manticore can step on it and make some tree's look scary? At literally any point throughout the episodes NMM could of gone out to face the mane 6 and destroyed them before they were a threat, instead she waits in the very place they need to go and only puts up minor obstacles before them. This is the legendary threat who Celestia can't defeat guys. 

 

That was just bad writing.  The creators had to have the Mane Six reestablish the Elements of Harmony somehow, which is the reason for Nightmare Moon posing those pretty stupid challenges for them, instead of easily alicorn-beaming them to death.  Personally, Nightmare Moon is my favorite villain.  She has a great backstory, and she just wants people to respect her for what she does, not take over all of Equestria like all the other villains.  Although, I did hate how the writers made her look so stupid.  If she KO'ed Celestia with just one shot before, surely she should have been able to manage 6 normal ponies. 

 

 

Worst Villain: Nightmare Moon. Uninteresting character

 

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[Redeye 399]

 

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Said the Luna fan.

 

But seriously, she was a bad first impression for the villains in general, and she was dealt with very quickly, had little screen time, and was just plain unoriginal.

[Plato's Pony 455]

 

 

But seriously, she was a bad first impression for the villains in general, and she was dealt with very quickly, had little screen time

 

 

Agree

 

 

 

 

was just plain unoriginal

 

Completely disagree.  All the other MLP main villains are only bent on taking over Equestria, whereas Nightmare Moon is the result of Luna's jealousy and anger towards the fact that no one respected or appreciated her for what she did while her sister (who, more or less, is her equal) stood in the limelight.  It's funny Nightmare Moon is even considered a villain, I mean, yeah, she wanted to put Equestria in eternal night which would probably cause it to freeze over, but she wasn't trying to do any harm to anyone (excluding Celestia).  She just wanted appreciation, even if that meant forcing it out of everyone. 

[Drakkon 362]

I don't like the idea of calling any villain or mane character the "worst" or "best". It's kind of like asking you who was worse, Hitler or Stalin... well they were both pretty terrible! But if I have to say one I'd probably take the same one you did, being Sombra. He just felt like the most unremarkable of all.

[Redeye 399]

 

 

Agree

 

 

 

 

 

Completely disagree.  All the other MLP main villains are only bent on taking over Equestria, whereas Nightmare Moon is the result of Luna's jealousy and anger towards the fact that no one respected or appreciated her for what she did while her sister (who, more or less, is her equal) stood in the limelight.  It's funny Nightmare Moon is even considered a villain, I mean, yeah, she wanted to put Equestria in eternal night which would probably cause it to freeze over, but she wasn't trying to do any harm to anyone (excluding Celestia).  She just wanted appreciation, even if that meant forcing it out of everyone. 

 

 

 

By "unoriginal" I mean that she acts like a typical villain.

 

• Monologues
• Boasts
• Laughs like a maniac
• Screams out "NOOOOOOOOOOO" when defeated

 

All in all, she's a generic, unoriginal excuse for a villain, as she does nothing new compared to other cliche villains.

[Plato's Pony 455]

By "unoriginal" I mean that she acts like a typical villain.

 

• Monologues
• Boasts
• Laughs like a maniac
• Screams out "NOOOOOOOOOOO" when defeated

 

All in all, she's a generic, unoriginal excuse for a villain, as she does nothing new compared to other cliche villains.

 

Yeah, that is true.  However, it is a character's backstory that makes them interesting, in my opinion.  Just judging someone by their actions doesn't give you a full picture of who they are.

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

Nightmare Rarity. 0/10, reading that arc was as fun as I'd imagine getting decapitated by a butter knife would be.

 

I am swapping my vote from Fleetfoot to Gilda because Gilda was more annoying than antagonizing. Yeahh, she antagonized the ponies well enough, but the sheer cheesiness of her lines was just more like "who says that?" and therefore I say no.

[Castle Bleck 19,365]

By "unoriginal" I mean that she acts like a typical villain.

 

• Monologues
• Boasts
• Laughs like a maniac
• Screams out "NOOOOOOOOOOO" when defeated

 

All in all, she's a generic, unoriginal excuse for a villain, as she does nothing new compared to other cliche villains.

 

Sombra: *Never monologues, never boasts, only laughs a few times, and only roars in defiance when defeated.* *Gets called unoriginal.*

 

Me:

Edited December 24, 2014 by A.V.

[chirox the pony 1,336]

For secondary villain I'd vote for those three idiots, they just didn't have any personality, and for worst villain I'd have to say Nightmare moon, she was just dumb.

[Snivinerior 79]

I voted King Sombra because he's just boring and he didn't even speak. But if I were to reconsider, it'll probably Sunset Shimmer. She's too predictable and her scheme is not really well thought of. 

 

For the secondary, Flim and Flam. Because they never learn. They failed once because of Apple Jack and they failed again because of her, again. They need to step up their game if they want to take over the businesses or gain bits in Ponyville. 

Edited December 24, 2014 by Snivinerior

[Lordav 3,427]

Sunset Shimmer was the worst villain as she is the best...non-villain and was never supposed to be evil... <3

 

=o

[Vendi 407]

You think? I'd explain why i think she's a misunderstood genious, but this video would be better.

 

why was the shield there in the first place???!!!??  

why did she need to give herself away to buy time??!!????!!!  

how do we know she only acted that way around twilight???!?!???!!!  

Who sends a threat than sneaks in???!!!??!?!?!?

 

if she and her race were nice from the beginning, ponies would have willingly given them love because they were loveable!!!!

[Plato's Pony 455]

 

 

and for worst villain I'd have to say Nightmare moon, she was just dumb

 

Hey,she was only dumb because, apparently, the writer's couldn't come up with any other way to introduce the Elements of Harmony into the show.  The writers make Nightmare Moon act dumb just to fulfill their future plot expectations, not to fit her character.  You saw how she didn't hesitate to alicorn-beam Celestia to death in Twilight's flashback, right?  So why not just do the same for 6 other, weaker, ponies?  Terrible writing on Hasbro's part. 

[Redeye 399]

why was the shield there in the first place???!!!??  

Herp derp did you even watch the episode?

 

 

why did she need to give herself away to buy time??!!????!!!  

 

To distract everyone in order for the minions to bust in.

 

how do we know she only acted that way around twilight???!?!???!!!  

 

Because they literally show cutscenes where she acts normal around everyone else, except Twilight. Seriously, did you even see the episode?

 

Who sends a threat than sneaks in???!!!??!?!?!?

 

Sneaks in disguised as royalty so nobody suspects her as the threat. Instead, they'll be checking on people OTHER than Cadance and Shining.

 

 

if she and her race were nice from the beginning, ponies would have willingly given them love because they were loveable!!!!

 

Stop... just stop. They're villains for a reason.

 

 

Responses in bold, I just had to speak my mind, because that just baffled me.

[Sunny Shimmer 259]

Nightmare Rarity??? Where is this from?

[Castle Bleck 19,365]

Nightmare Rarity??? Where is this from?

 

The comics, specifically the arc that comes right after the Return Of Queen Chrysalis one.

[Vertigo_95 572]

I love Sombra, but I think he was pretty bad. I feel he had potential to be as destructive as Tirek, but he wasn't. It could also be that I like his design and not his character, but who knows.

 

My secondary villain is Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon. They are total jerks to the CMC. Some people may not think so, but I believe Silver Spoon could have a change of heart in the future.

[FirstPonySpectre 176]

King Sombra is hands down the WORST villain in MLP. He was the most BORING villain I've ever seen actually. It was one of the few moments Hasbro just got lazy in their writing. The plot of the whole Crystal Empire episodes was "Stop the evil guy" and right off the bat you're just told Sombra is the evil guy. 

 

Through out the episodes he does nothing to make us love to hate him. He has, what, three lines of dialogue throughout both episodes? Where the best villain, Discord, had like, one-hundred in just one episode?

 

What I'm getting at here is that if you measured Sombra on a grey scale, he'd somehow manage to be black as night (As in 100% evil). He has no redeemable qualities to him and over-all he's just.... well.. boring.  

[WindyParadise 59]

Gilda and King Sombra. Why you ask?

 Not enough character development and that they were 'swept under the rug' as it were after their episodes.

[Dog man 48]

King Sombra could have been such a awesome character, he looks awesome and he has a cool power, but with little to no lines and hardly any screen time he seemed very boring, a big disappointment for me.

 

 

For the secondary Antagonist, Gilda. All the other Villains I didn't like but they had qualities that made them good villains!? Discord for instance, he was fun to watch but he was an ass. However Gilda I just hate, There is nothing I like about her and I just wish she is with Sombra, in the room of the please-forget-me.

Edited December 25, 2014 by Nye1254

[Flutter's lover <3 8,205]

Sombra, Easily. not much of him was shown in the episode. He had little to no lines.Not really much of a "Character" perse.

 

As for antagonist, Ivoted Iron Will, but changed vote to Gilda. SHe's just an out right stereotypical bully.

 

Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon are great, I love those fillies. I can't dis them

[Fractured 2,684]

I think i've already said my piece on this. Sunset Shimmer, though I love her, was one of the most cliche and predictable villains i've seen in MLP. I originally chose Garbel for secondary, but... i'm going with Dr. Caballeron; the fact that I can't remember who he was speaks for itself. Also...

 

Nightmare Rarity. 0/10, reading that arc was as fun as I'd imagine getting decapitated by a butter knife would be.

 

I am swapping my vote from Fleetfoot to Gilda because Gilda was more annoying than antagonizing. Yeahh, she antagonized the ponies well enough, but the sheer cheesiness of her lines was just more like "who says that?" and therefore I say no.

@ghostfacekiller39, i'm curious, what exactly didn't you like about the Nightmare Rarity Arc?

Edited December 25, 2014 by Shimmer5000

[Azatrot 66]

Nightmare Moon, definetly. She was extremely cheesy andf cliché, and made the first two episodes cringeworthy. She's the biggest reason why I think the first two episodes are the worst.

 

I'm not as familiar with all the secondary villains, but I would have to say the Diamond dogs. They were extremely cheesy, like the kind of incompetent villains you would expect from a bad children cartoon (And I don't consider MLP to be a bad children cartoon). Incompetent villains are not necessarily bad, but when they are this cheesy, it's bad.

[Vendi 407]

why was the shield there in the first place???!!!??  

Herp derp did you even watch the episode?

Who's herp derp? :comeatus:    

why did she need to give herself away to buy time??!!????!!!    

To distract everyone in order for the minions to bust in.

okaaay, but why did she need to give herself away to buy time?

 

how do we know she only acted that way around twilight???!?!???!!!    

Because they literally show cutscenes where she acts normal around everyone else, except Twilight. Seriously, did you even see the episode?

yes I did, and no they didn't. The closest she came was saying she love love loved something and "Why does she have to ruin my special day!?" to make up for saying something that made her sound evil.

 

Who sends a threat than sneaks in???!!!??!?!?!?  

Sneaks in disguised as royalty so nobody suspects her as the threat. Instead, they'll be checking on people OTHER than Cadance and Shining.

they wouldn't be checking cadence and shining anyway. if she hadn't sent the threat, she could have disguised her entire race as ponies and snuck them in to feed off of love and nopony would have noticed. except for the huge population increase, that could be a problem.    

 

if she and her race were nice from the beginning, ponies would have willingly given them love because they were loveable!!!!  

Stop... just stop. They're villains for a reason.

But I'm saying they don't have to be, if they just go and be nice, ponies would willingly give them love and everyone's a winner.

 

 

 

 

also, Merry Christmas, unless you don't celebrate christmas in which case, happy (insert holiday name here)             :har:

[MechanicalDoom 300]

Sunset Shimmer was kind of bland as a villian, but she became good, and it made her pretty awesome. King Sombra was so one dimensional, and he was never fleshed out.