#31, aired 2025-02-05 | BOND VILLAINS $300: In the very first Bond film in 1962, Joseph Wiseman portrayed this mad scientist & title villain (yes, yes he did) Dr. No |
#31, aired 2025-02-05 | BOND VILLAINS $600: One of Bond's deadliest female foes, Rosa Klebb appears in the movie "From" this country "with Love" Russia |
#31, aired 2025-02-05 | BOND VILLAINS $900: 007 seals Le Chiffre's fate during a high stakes poker game in this 2006 film, the first to star Daniel Craig Casino Royale |
#31, aired 2025-02-05 | BOND VILLAINS $1500: To embody his role as Raoul Silva, this actor took parts of the "Skyfall" script & translated them to Spanish Javier Bardem |
#31, aired 2025-02-05 | BOND VILLAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): The theme song of this 1964 Bond film fittingly refers to the title villain as "the man with the Midas touch" Goldfinger |
#9135, aired 2024-06-28 | AFI's GREATEST VILLAINS $400: No. 1:
Trained psychiatrist who's a cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter |
#9135, aired 2024-06-28 | AFI's GREATEST VILLAINS $800: No. 4:
Evil crone who hates dogs but loves colorful footwear the Wicked Witch of the West |
#9135, aired 2024-06-28 | AFI's GREATEST VILLAINS $1200: No. 2:
Terrifying mama's boy who "wouldn't even harm a fly" Norman Bates |
#9135, aired 2024-06-28 | AFI's GREATEST VILLAINS $1600: No. 41:
The only real-life actress on the list, she was played by Faye Dunaway in a 1981 biopic Joan Crawford |
#9135, aired 2024-06-28 | AFI's GREATEST VILLAINS $2000: No. 30:
He was a taxi driver Travis Bickle |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $200: Sorta like Hercules, the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." have to fend off this evil organization HYDRA |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $400: This actor seems bad at the outset of "Deadpool 2", but there was no question about his alignment in "Infinity War" Brolin |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $600: Iron Monger was the villain in "Iron Man"; this similarly named guy was the baddie in "Black Panther" Killmonger |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $800: He was a good "Birdman", but in "Homecoming" he preyed upon Spider-Man Michael Keaton |
#8939, aired 2023-09-28 | MARVEL VILLAINS $1000: On "Daredevil", Vincent D'Onofrio plays this foe who sounds like he'd be at home at a bowling alley Kingpin |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $200: He tells Sherlock Holmes, "If you are clever enough to bring destruction upon me, rest assured that I shall do as much to you" Moriarty |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $400: In a Dodie Smith children's book, this evil heiress wants to turn several dozens of cute li'l furballs into a fur coat Cruella de Vil |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $600: In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", she remembers Mr. Taber, who "was an intolerable ward manipulator. For a while" Nurse Ratched |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $800: In "You Only Live Twice", he says, "The piranhas & the volcanic mud are useful housekeepers" (maybe for "better lairs & gardens") Blofeld |
#8828, aired 2023-03-15 | LITERARY VILLAINS $1000: Avians abound both in the villain named Blue Duck & the title of this Larry McMurtry novel featuring 2 former Texas Rangers Lonesome Dove |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $200: Tiny bad guy Sheldon J. Plankton is determined to steal the Krabby Patty formula from the Krusty Krab on this TV show SpongeBob SquarePants |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $400: Da, this pair of foreign agent no-goodniks was often foiled by Rocky & Bullwinkle Boris & Natasha |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $600: As the founder & leader of the Decepticons on "Transformers", this robot villain waged epic battles with the Autobots Megatron |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $800: In the late '90s "Hercules" animated series, James Woods reprised his role as this villain from the movie Hades |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | TV CARTOON VILLAINS $1000: Often led by the Masked Commander, this evil organization was a constant nemesis of the elite G.I. Joe team Cobra |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $400: Joaquin Phoenix spent months watching videos of crazed laughter & perfecting his own for this 2019 role the Joker |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $800: Sharing his name with a "Wizard of Oz" character, this fear-obsessed foe also known as Dr. Jonathan Crane first appeared in 1941 Scarecrow |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $1200: Botanist & eco-terrorist Pamela Isley goes by this alter ego Poison Ivy |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $1600: Raised in a prison & frequently hopped up on venom, this masked enemy broke Batman's back in a 1990s story arc Bane |
#8747, aired 2022-11-22 | BATMAN VILLAINS $2000: Obsessed with "Alice in Wonderland" & a master of mind control, Jervis Tetch goes by this alias the Mad Hatter |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $400: Even though they had pulses, the Governor & Negan made this show a little more terrifying The Walking Dead |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $800: Kasius, Graviton & a Kree were bad guys on this Marvel series on ABC Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $1200: Seen here, Jodie Comer kills it as the villainess Villanelle on this drama Killing Eve |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $1600: Crowley, a charming villain on this show, was known to give the Winchester boys a devil of a time Supernatural |
#8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TV VILLAINS $2000: On "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", Jake Peralta's occasional nemesis, the Pontiac Bandit, is portrayed by this veteran funnyman Craig Robinson |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAINS $200: Ursula the sea witch The Little Mermaid |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAINS $400: Maleficent Sleeping Beauty |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAINS $600: Cruella De Vil 101 Dalmatians |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAINS $800: Drizella, Anastasia & their mother, Lady Tremaine Cinderella |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | ANIMATED DISNEY VILLAINS $1000: The ringmaster who locks up a new mother Dumbo |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $200: This movie Austin-tagonist says at age 18 he went to "evil medical school" & at age 25 "took up tap dancing" Dr. Evil |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $400: Played by Rachel McAdams, Regina George was the leader of "the Plastics" in this 2004 movie Mean Girls |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $600: When this TV drama premiered in 2011, Regina was innocent, but Rumplestiltskin helped turn her into the evil queen Once Upon a Time |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $800: Calvin Candie in this movie was the first villain Quentin Tarantino said he'd written that he hated Django Unchained |
#7672, aired 2018-01-09 | POP CULTURE VILLAINS $1000: As Victor Kiriakis on "Days of Our Lives", this father of a TV star has put in 30-plus years of all kinds of villainy John Aniston |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | MOVIE VILLAINS $200: He observes, "Obi-Wan has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now... release your anger" Darth Vader |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: We wouldn't blame this "Wizard of Oz" villain if she had a severe case of hydrophobia the Wicked Witch of the West |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | MOVIE VILLAINS $600: This "X-Men" character turned 2 D.C. landmarks into 1 when he dropped a stadium around the White House Magneto |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | MOVIE VILLAINS $800: This masked man tells Bruce Wayne, "When Gotham is ashes, then you have my permission to die" Bane |
#7404, aired 2016-11-17 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1000: This leader of the Decepticons: "Humans don't deserve to live...join them in extinction!" Megatron |
#7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $400: Non-spoiler alert! Kylo Ren is the bad guy Star Wars Episode VII |
#7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $800: Cal Hockley, who didn't go down with the ship Titanic |
#7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $1,400 (Daily Double): Biff Tannen, whether in 1955, 1985 or 2015 in this film series Back to the Future |
#7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $1600: In this 2015 edition of a franchise, Deckard Shaw, who gets a piece of The Rock Furious 7 |
#7284, aired 2016-04-21 | MOVIES' VILLAINS $2000: Revolutionary War British Colonel Tavington, who earns payback from Mel Gibson The Patriot |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $400: Otto Octavius is the real name of this heavily armed Spider-Man villain Doctor Octopus |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $800: No 3-strikes law in Metropolis--Superman first fought this alliterative arch-foe in 1940 Lex Luthor |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $1200: Marvel says this Fantastic Four foe is 6'2", 225 in civvies; 6'7", 415 in armor Dr. Doom |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $1600: This dick sent Benny the Grip to prison in 1955 Dick Tracy |
#7275, aired 2016-04-08 | VILLAINS IN THE COMICS $2000: The Red Skull debuted as Hitler's henchman in the March 1941 first issue of this comic Captain America |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | LITERARY VILLAINS $400: This villain said a crocodile has followed him "from sea to sea... licking its lips for the rest of me" Captain Hook |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | LITERARY VILLAINS $800: Sherlock Holmes called him "a genius" & "the organizer of half that is evil" in London Moriarty |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | LITERARY VILLAINS $1200: This James Bond villain shows his accomplices a map of Fort Knox, including Bullion Boulevard Goldfinger |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | LITERARY VILLAINS $1600: Bald, pale & homicidal, Judge Holden is the monstrous nemesis in this author's "Blood Meridian" Cormac McCarthy |
#7177, aired 2015-11-24 | LITERARY VILLAINS $2000: Ray Bradbury wrote "The Illustrated Man" & this novel about the sinister tattoo-covered Mr. Dark Something Wicked This Way Comes |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | VIDEO GAME VILLAINS $200: King Pig is the lazy overlord of this game you can play on your smartphone Angry Birds |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | VIDEO GAME VILLAINS $400: In "Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic", the Sith lord Malak gets this 5-letter title in front of his name Darth |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | VIDEO GAME VILLAINS $600: In "Donkey Kong Jr.", the roles have reversed & the title simian must rescue his father from this Italian Mario |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | VIDEO GAME VILLAINS $800: A thief of epic proportions, she has a last name like the 8th-most populous U.S. city Carmen Sandiego |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | VIDEO GAME VILLAINS $1000: A comical A.I. helps you make holes you can move through to beat GLaDOS' tests in this Valve game's sequel Portal |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHEN VILLAINS SING $400: In "Little Shop of Horrors", Steve Martin croons about his skills in this field dentistry |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHEN VILLAINS SING $800: Mother Gothel fittingly sings "Mother Knows Best" in this 2010 film, rationalizing why she's locked Rapunzel away Tangled |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHEN VILLAINS SING $1200: Bob Fosse was a "Snake in the Grass" to this diminutive title royal in a 1974 movie the Little Prince |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHEN VILLAINS SING $1600: This "Beauty and the Beast" guy is so proud of his physique, he notes that he's "roughly the size of a barge" Gaston |
#7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WHEN VILLAINS SING $2000: On his "Sing-Along Blog", this villain dreams of using his freeze ray to get Penny, played by Felicia Day Dr. Horrible |
#6672, aired 2013-09-24 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: No nose was good nose for this 2011 Ralph Fiennes character; you can say his name Voldemort |
#6672, aired 2013-09-24 | MOVIE VILLAINS $800: In "The Avengers", he says, "I am a god, you dull creature!" Loki |
#6672, aired 2013-09-24 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1200: Dr. Evil said this character "fits easily into most overhead storage bins" Mini-Me |
#6672, aired 2013-09-24 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1600: In an itsy bitsy teeny weeny metal bikini, Princess Leia chokes this no-good alien to death Jabba the Hutt |
#6672, aired 2013-09-24 | MOVIE VILLAINS $2000: The villain in "Galaxy Quest" was named this in dishonor of film critic Andrew Sarris |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: "Star Wars" had Darth Vader; "Phantom Menace" had this other Darth Darth Maul |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | MOVIE VILLAINS $800: Tom Marvolo Riddle is the real name of this villain Voldemort |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1200: Slave owner Calvin Candie fills this film with evil Django Unchained |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1600: He's the villain formerly known as Smeagol Gollum |
#6601, aired 2013-05-06 | MOVIE VILLAINS $2000: This serial killer made Elm Street a nightmare Fred Krueger |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | TV VILLAINS $400: Despite his evil intent, it's hard not to feel bad for this Warner Bros. Road Runner pursuer Wile E. Coyote |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | TV VILLAINS $800: On "Smallville", Michael Rosenbaum played this friend but eventual nemesis of Clark Kent Lex Luthor |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | TV VILLAINS $1200: Ellen Barkin plays a bigoted granny on this "new" NBC comedy The New Normal |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | TV VILLAINS $1600: Morena Baccarin played Anna, the leader of the reptilian aliens on this ABC series V |
#6554, aired 2013-02-28 | TV VILLAINS $2000: The wife of "The Mentalist" was among the victims of this "colorful" serial killer Red John |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | LITERARY VILLAINS $400: Talking to this villain, Smee says, "I have often noticed your strange dread of crocodiles" Captain Hook |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | LITERARY VILLAINS $800: The sinister Mrs. Danvers torments the second Mrs. de Winter in this 1938 novel Rebecca |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | LITERARY VILLAINS $1200: Pretending to be an ally of Winston Smith in this novel, O'Brien is a party leader who's been watching Winston for years 1984 |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | LITERARY VILLAINS $1600: In "The Old Curiosity Shop", Little Nell's grandfather gambles away the shop to this evil dwarf Quilp |
#6364, aired 2012-04-26 | LITERARY VILLAINS $2000: This unscrupulous villain of "King Lear" betrays his father to Regan & her husband, the Duke of Cornwall Edmund |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | VILLAINS SPEAK $400: After I eat Little Red Riding Hood & her grandmother too, I will lead a new canine order & become master of the universe the (big bad) wolf |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | VILLAINS SPEAK $800: Peter Pan, I do not need 2 hands of flesh to destroy you, soon you & Tinker Bell too will feel my wrath Captain Hook |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | VILLAINS SPEAK $1200: Spare me your pleas--it amuses me to step on children, & I do not choose to become Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | VILLAINS SPEAK $1600: Robin Hood, now that my brother king Richard is away, you & your merry men will see sadder days under my rule King John |
#5959, aired 2010-07-08 | VILLAINS SPEAK $2000: All I want is to be a mentor to Lyra Belacqua--one of the Gobblers? Me? Don't be silly Mrs. Coulter |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | COMIC BOOK VILLAINS $200: This monocled arch-enemy of Batman used his umbrella as a weapon; it often contained knockout gas the Penguin |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | COMIC BOOK VILLAINS $400: Incendiary pumpkin bombs are among the many weapons used by this "colorful" Spider-Man villain the Green Goblin |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | COMIC BOOK VILLAINS $600: This "God of Mischief" & trickster clashed with Thor many times attempting to claim the throne of Asgard Loki |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | COMIC BOOK VILLAINS $800: Captain Cold & Captain Boomerang were nemeses of this "Fastest Man Alive" Flash |
#5815, aired 2009-12-18 | COMIC BOOK VILLAINS $1000: This "attractive" mutant & X-Men enemy spent his early teen years in a Nazi death camp Magneto |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BATMAN TV VILLAINS $200: Burgess Meredith as this odd bird the Penguin |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BATMAN TV VILLAINS $400: Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt & Lee Meriwether as this purr-fect villain (not all at the same time) Catwoman |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BATMAN TV VILLAINS $600: Frank Gorshin as this puzzling criminal the Riddler |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BATMAN TV VILLAINS $800: Cesar Romero as this kooky cutup the Joker |
#5744, aired 2009-07-23 | BATMAN TV VILLAINS $1000: Victor Buono as this felonious pharaoh King Tut |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS $400: Are you Tolkien to me? I'm the "eye" in your sky! But you have to give me & my Black Riders a ring to win my love! Sauron |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS $800: Turn-ons: Type O-positive personalities; turn-offs: Dutch metaphysicians who try to kill me Dracula |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS $1200: Back on market after a bad breakup with my ex-GF, Nancy; okay, I killed her, but she betrayed Fagin! Bill Sikes |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS $1600: "Discourtesy is unspeakably ugly to me", especially when I'm enjoying having people for dinner Hannibal Lecter |
#5523, aired 2008-09-17 | LITERARY VILLAINS' PERSONAL ADS $2000: I'm a brilliant academic but I tend to leave the deerstalker caps & hard drugs to a certain arch-nemesis Moriarty |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS $400: Famous for its murder scenes, this 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film featured a mild-mannered mama's boy killer Psycho |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS $800: As Regan in this film, Linda Blair evinced evil trapped in the body of a 12-year-old girl The Exorcist |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS $1200: In "2001: A Space Odyssey", this computer is pleasant, logical, calm & deadly! HAL |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS $1600: Their portrayal of the title romantic bank robbers in "Bonnie And Clyde" changed Hollywood forever Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway |
#5120, aired 2006-12-08 | LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS $2000: Through 8 films, Robert Englund has played this sadistic resurrected child killer Freddy (Krueger) |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | NEW SUPERHEROES & VILLAINS $200: So strong an NBA Award is named for him, in a time of crisis, he's the first reserve off the bench; make way for the... Sixth Man |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | NEW SUPERHEROES & VILLAINS $400: Called "Head Case" until his friends' laughter made him mad, he changed it to this, from the Greek for "skull"; beware the... Cranium |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | NEW SUPERHEROES & VILLAINS $600: 11 letters of trouble, he introduces after-dinner speakers; raise a glass in fear to... Toastmaster |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | NEW SUPERHEROES & VILLAINS $800: From the Latin for "judged", she's empowered to decide an issue; sitting mightily at the bargaining table, it's... Arbitrator |
#4872, aired 2005-11-15 | NEW SUPERHEROES & VILLAINS $1000: Uh oh! He just sold you a lemon of a car! "Let the buyer beware" this 2-word Latin phrase, it's... Caveat Emptor |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: This villain started out as Anakin Skywalker, a young slave on Tatooine Darth Vader |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MOVIE VILLAINS $800: Of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", the one played by Lee Van Cleef the Bad |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1200: In this 1988 film Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber spoils Bruce Willis' day -- well, night Die Hard |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1600: Bill McKinney, one of the mountain men who went after Ned Beatty in this 1972 film, has a CD of love songs out Deliverance |
#4457, aired 2004-01-13 | MOVIE VILLAINS $2,500 (Daily Double): Betty Lou Gerson voiced her in 1961; Glenn Close played her in 1996 & 2000 Cruella de Vil |
#4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ENTERTAINING VILLAINS $400: The costume of this villainous "Batman" character is covered in question marks the Riddler |
#4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ENTERTAINING VILLAINS $800: Abdullah the Butcher of Sudan (ne Larry Shreeve in Windsor, Canada) was a famous bad guy in this spectacle professional wrestling |
#4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ENTERTAINING VILLAINS $1200: In 2002 Spider-Man climbed walls, but it was Willem Dafoe who went over the top as this villain the Green Goblin |
#4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ENTERTAINING VILLAINS $1600: This James Bond's title character's plan is to set off an A-bomb inside Fort Knox Goldfinger |
#4253, aired 2003-02-12 | ENTERTAINING VILLAINS $2000: This English actor, seen here, played a sadist in "Rob Roy" & a tyrannical primate in "Planet of the Apes" Tim Roth |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | MOVIE VILLAINS $100: The one-armed man who kills Helen Kimble The Fugitive |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | MOVIE VILLAINS $200: Emperor Commodus of Rome Gladiator |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | MOVIE VILLAINS $300: Mental hospital worker Nurse Ratched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: Mr. Potter, a Bedford Falls banker It's a Wonderful Life |
#3869, aired 2001-05-31 | MOVIE VILLAINS $500: The T-1000 killing machine Terminator 2: Judgment Day |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | MOVIE VILLAINS $200: Serial killer Vincent D'Onofrio torments Jennifer Lopez & other women in this creepy 2000 film The Cell |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: This character hoped to make a coat out of "101 Dalmatians" Cruella de Vil |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | MOVIE VILLAINS $600: Being invisible brings out the bad side of this actor in "Hollow Man" Kevin Bacon |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | MOVIE VILLAINS $800: Michael Madsen sliced off a cop's ear while dancing to "Stuck in the Middle With You" in this '92 Quentin Tarantino movie Reservoir Dogs |
#3737, aired 2000-11-28 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1000: Bruce Willis squares off against terrorists led by this actor in 1988's "Die Hard" Alan Rickman |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $100: "A Nightmare on Elm Street" Freddy Krueger |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $200: "Psycho" Norman Bates |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $300: "Friday the 13th"
parts 2 through 9 Jason |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $400: "Halloween" Michael Myers |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | HORROR MOVIE VILLAINS $500: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" Leatherface |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | DISNEY VILLAINS $100: Jafar Aladdin |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | DISNEY VILLAINS $200: Ursula The Little Mermaid |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | DISNEY VILLAINS $300: Scar The Lion King |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | DISNEY VILLAINS $400: Clayton Tarzan |
#3501, aired 1999-11-22 | DISNEY VILLAINS $500: Kaa & Shere Khan The Jungle Book |
#2695, aired 1996-04-26 | MOVIE VILLAINS $200: Dennis Hopper played the chain-smoking villain of this $172 million Kevin Costner epic Waterworld |
#2695, aired 1996-04-26 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: In the climactic airport scene of this movie, Rick shoots Nazi Major Strasser dead Casablanca |
#2695, aired 1996-04-26 | MOVIE VILLAINS $600: Incestuous tycoon Noah Cross is the villain of this 1974 Roman Polanski film Chinatown |
#2695, aired 1996-04-26 | MOVIE VILLAINS $800: Played by Laurence Harvey, Raymond Shaw is the brainwashed assassin in this 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate |
#2695, aired 1996-04-26 | MOVIE VILLAINS $1000: In this film Holly Martins finally meets the mysterious Harry Lime on a Ferris wheel The Third Man |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | VILLAINS $200: This villain is jealous when Michael Cassio is appointed o the position of Othello's lieutenant Iago |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | VILLAINS $400: Hiding in an apple barrel, Jim Hawkins hears this one-legged pirate planning mutiny Long John Silver |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | VILLAINS $600: In this novel O'Brien, a member of the Inner Party, is Winston Smith's personal torturer & educator 1984 |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | VILLAINS $800: It's not unusual to find Master Blilfil committing villainy in this Henry Fielding novel Tom Jones |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | VILLAINS $1000: Monsieur Lheureux drives this Flaubert title character deeper & deeper into debt Madame Bovary |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | LITERARY VILLAINS $200: O'Brien uses torture to teach Winston Smith to love Big Brother in this novel Nineteen Eighty-Four |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | LITERARY VILLAINS $400: Simon Legree has him beaten to death for refusing to inform on 2 runaway slaves Uncle Tom |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | LITERARY VILLAINS $600: Critics call this "Othello" character Shakespeare's consummate villain Iago |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | LITERARY VILLAINS $800: In this 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson story the hero & villain are the same man Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde |
#1701, aired 1992-01-13 | LITERARY VILLAINS $2,200 (Daily Double): This monstrous descendant of Cain is the villain of "Beowulf" Grendel |
#1688, aired 1991-12-25 | DISNEY VILLAINS $100: His hand, the left one, is inside another character, the crocodile Captain Hook |
#1688, aired 1991-12-25 | DISNEY VILLAINS $200: The Heffalumps & Woozles who tried to steal his honey were imaginary; he dreamt them Winnie the Pooh |
#1688, aired 1991-12-25 | DISNEY VILLAINS $300: In this 1977 film Bernard & Bianca save the orphan Penny from the evil clutches of Madame Medusa The Rescuers |
#1688, aired 1991-12-25 | DISNEY VILLAINS $400: J. Worthington Foulfellow, a.k.a. Honest John, is this type of sly animal who charms Pinocchio a fox |
#1688, aired 1991-12-25 | DISNEY VILLAINS $500: Even the name of this wicked fairy in "Sleeping Beauty" sounds evil Maleficent |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $200: In Lew Wallace's classic, Messala is the villain who squares off against this hero Ben-Hur |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $400: He's the personification of evil who beats Uncle Tom to death in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Simon Legree |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $500 (Daily Double): In "A Tale of Two Cities", she knits while she notes the daily executions Madame Defarge |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $600: Tom Sawyer could tell you there's a cave named for him at Disneyland Injun Joe |
#1458, aired 1990-12-26 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $800: Brom Bones is the rival who loses his head & scares this schoolmaster out of Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | HEROES & VILLAINS $100: Saying Australia was short of folk heroes, he created one, "Crocodile" Dundee Paul Hogan |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | HEROES & VILLAINS $200: He played both the title hero & the title villain in "Oh, God! You Devil" George Burns |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | HEROES & VILLAINS $300: Arr, you'll know 'im by 'is peg leg, 'is crutch, & the parrot on 'is shoulder Long John Silver |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | HEROES & VILLAINS $400: For his actions in war, Arnold von Winkleried is a hero in this usually neutral country Switzerland |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | HEROES & VILLAINS $600 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 villains mentioned by name in the title of a James Bond film Goldfinger & Dr. No (& Octopussy) |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | MOVIE VILLAINS $100: Oddjob's job was valet, chauffeur, & bodyguard to this Bond baddie Goldfinger |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | MOVIE VILLAINS $200: "Dog" who had his "day" attempting de Gaulle's assassination the Jackal |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | MOVIE VILLAINS $300: Popeye Doyle called Alain Charnier "The Frog" in this 1971 Oscar winner The French Connection |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | MOVIE VILLAINS $400: Nazi doctor played with evil relish by Gregory Peck in "The Boys from Brazil" Dr. Mengele |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | MOVIE VILLAINS $500: Mountain range where Bogie's Mad Dog Earle met his maker the Sierras |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $200: Character from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" whose name has some to mean any overbearing boss Simon Legree |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $400: Popular film & novel in which Kasper Gutman, Joel Cairo, & Brigid O'Shaughnessy appear The Maltese Falcon |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $600: "Strong men tremble" when they hear the name of this villain of Broadway's "Oliver!" (Bill) Sikes |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $800: The evil Milady de Winter poisoned Mme. Bonacieux in this French swashbuckler The Three Musketeers |
#295, aired 1985-10-25 | FICTIONAL VILLAINS $1000: The decadent Snopes clan were featured in this author's "The Hamlet", "The Town", & "The Mansion" Faulkner |