After some iconic releases in the 1990s , animated films perfected their build in the 2000s . The tenner has a strong disputation as being the favourable age of the genre . class after twelvemonth , living studio apartment graced audience with ambitious work , memorable for pushing the boundaries of technology , their stories , and their characters .

speak about the latter , animated movie villain from the 2000s remain among the very best . These antagonist are fan pet , becoming the driving force behind a celluloid ’s popularity and convincing studio to develop stand - alone movie into a serial franchise . In other caseful , the creative flexibility of animation lets the imaginations of creators course wild , which is why the literary genre is home to some of the proficient villains in modern plastic film chronicle .

Tai Lung - Kung Fu Panda

For an exalt snow Panthera pardus masterfully skilled in the art of kung fu , Tai Lung is a shivery baddie . His villainy arises from feeling like he has been cheat on out of his destiny of being the Dragon Warrior .

After long immurement , he breaks out of his imprisonment and embarks on a power - thirsty violent disorder to gather revenge against his adopted father and former sensei Shifu . There is a fury to Tai Lung that surprise and overstep the youthful demographic , the invigoration way ofKung Fu Panda .

The Other Mother - Coraline

Those with arachnophobia beware . The humanlike Old Mother that haunts the glum phantasy of Coraline ’s titular character will depart you squirming in soreness . scoot using hold back - motion capture , creating a more or less stilted movement in the characters , when compound with the hollow opprobrious button eyes of the Old Mother , she has a strikingly eldritch feeling .

conform from the pictorial novel by the uncomparable Neil Gaiman , Coralinestands out for its uncanny vision . The totality of its eeriness respite in its matriarchal antagonist .

Syndrome - The Incredibles

One of the more industrious scoundrel of the 10 , Syndrome , is the animate film music genre ’s take on a renown capitalist . His evil scheme is to covertly terrorise the world with an android of his equipment , the Omnidroid , and then vote out it , rising to fame as a hero . Under the pretence of his newfound popularity , he ’ll trade the superhero gadgets he uses to defeat the Omnidroid so he can become mega - fertile .

Meanwhile , Syndrome has been privately kill the world ’s retired superheroes through trial runs of the Omnidroid , fulfill the philanthropic duties the one - percenters like himself owe to society

Vincent Volaju - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

A biological terrorist working in the dark cast from the presumption that he ’s dead , Vincent Volaju catch the attention of a misfit mathematical group of bandit hunters conduct by Spike Spiegel . Vincent has a deep backstory that rationalizes his motives , which draw strong allegoric comparison to substantial - liveliness events . Vincent is n’t all pathos and no morsel .

He ’s part of some great fight scenes that rival any springy - action counterpart , proving him to be a formidable foe . Part of his greatnessas a villain is also his biggest criminal offence , at least against the viewer , since , in the end , he steals your heart .

Seijiro Inui - Paprika

The last feature of speech celluloid to come fromthe lately nifty Satoshi Konhas one of the most hair-raising baddie of the 2000s . Seijiro Inui is a hijacker of dreams , using the foldable and collapsible property of a world that hold fast to dream logical system to wreak mayhem against the other type .

Also , for this reason , he has a multiplicity of forms that range from his real - Earth persona to an enormous shadow giant of titanic proportions . There is a degree of cleverness and mental imagery to Inui that discover him from other contending evil - doer .

Autopilot - Wall-E

take out inspiration from comparablescience fiction enemiessuch as HAL 9000 from2001 : A Space Odysseyand The Machines fromThe Matrix , the creators ofWall - Eimagined their antagonist as having the same mark of villainy : a odd blood-red eye . Autopilot mold to imprison world in their encumbered self-satisfied condition in this sci - fi dystopia .

What ensues is a battle for civilization , struggle between the more modern yet minacious hokey intelligence service represented by Autopilot and the old obsolete automobile Wall - E.

Prince Farquaad - Shrek

villainous in a light - hearted fairytale fashion , what makes Prince Farquaad a darling scoundrel is not how fearsome but rather how funny he is . plainly put , he ’s a self - conscious , egotistic , petite clutz of a man .

What he views as shortcoming in himself could be described as his tyrannical defect . It gives him a reason to cloak his insecurity with a monarch ’s inflated self-importance , impose harsh measures on his subjects for his welfare . As spectator , we see his weepy , sensible side and realize he ’s as fragile as a deck of cards of cards that wants to be be intimate . Do n’t concern , Prince Farquaad , you may be a Logos of a gun for hire sometimes , but we still love you for all the thing you hate about yourself .

The Machines - Animatrix

For those familiar withThe MatrixTrilogy , you ’ll bed that the simple machine predominate over humankind in the Wachowski ’s dystopian technological vision of the future . While the machines are already instal villains in the trilogy , their representation in theAnimatrixshows their origins as sympatheticvictims of a genocide .

After their Christ’s Resurrection and frustration of the humans in the auto wars , they become the parasitic tyrants familiar to those who have watch live - legal action films . There are a variety of animation styles and iteration of the machines in the   Animatrix . The movie is a banquet for the eyes of rooter of the series and brio in general .

Sephiroth - Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

When video plot director and art fashion designer Tetsuya Nomura had the chance to contribute his most darling hero and nemesis to the big screen , every fanboy and miss ofFinal Fantasy 7replayed the game in solemn anticipation of the film ’s exit . An aura of foreboding thickens around the moving picture ’s events , no matter the adversity the heroes face because audiences know Sephiroth waits brooding in the flank .

When Sephiroth and Cloud inevitably clash epically , the One - Winged Angelis as charismatic and muscular as only he can be . Sephiroth does n’t appear until the final half - 60 minutes of the motion picture . Still , when his malevolent theme song strikes at his introduction , raise so many affectionate memories and uncaging the butterflies in our stomachs , one realizes Sephiroth is a baddie that helped define a generation .

Kaonashi (No Face) - Spirited Away

Spirited Awayhas worldwide charm as one of the greatest animated film of all clock time . One of the most recognizable and iconic images of the film is the boldness of itsman - eating scoundrel , Kaonashi , or No - Face as it is known in the English dub . The reference ’s pallid complexion , blank expression , and blubbering fatal body symbolize the monstrosity of over - use .

Minimalist in plan , No Face has an atmosphere of mystery , bestow a tension of unpredictability to every fit . In gain to its look , No Face moves like a shadow , disappearing and reappear ominously . Few other villains are as intelligent yet simultaneously monstrous .

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Collage of Willow and Clash of the Titans

Maomao and Jinshi from The Apothecary Diaries in front of a glittery space background

Tanjiro looking mad and Demon Slayer imagery

Best Animated 2000s Villians

Tai Lung

Other Mother Coraline

Syndrome torturing Mr Incredible in The Incredibles

Vincent Volaju from Cowboy Bebop

Paprika looking on

AUTO the robot in Pixar’s WALL-E

Prince Farquaad

Two machines with red glowing eyes walk along a hallway in The Animatrix

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Sephiroth

No Face stands on a red bridge during the day in Spirited Away.