Top 10 Greatest DreamWorks Villains

These crooks easily give Disney’s baddies a run for their money. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 DreamWorks Villains.



For this list, we’re paying tribute to the scoundrels of some of our favorite animated DreamWorks movies and sequels. If you haven’t seen any of these villains at their worst, there WILL be spoilers.

#10: Eris

“Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas” (2003)



Kicking off this list is the ultimate femme fatale. Eris is the goddess of discord, and she takes great pleasure in her job – plunging the world into glorious chaos. In addition to being deviously beautiful, she has the omnipotent power to change her form and size as she pleases as well as an army of monsters born from the constellations. Despite her unlimited power and deceitful trickery, she does have one glaring weakness – she cannot break any promises she makes –they’re literally embedded into her. Despite this, even if she does get outsmarted, she’ll just brush it off and move on with her never-ending task of making the world crumble into chaos.

#9: Pitch Black

“Rise of the Guardians” (2012)



While the Guardians’ goal is to bring joy to the world, one terrifying obstacle stands in their way – the boogeyman himself, Pitch Black. Embittered by nobody believing in him, Pitch relishes in turning children’s dreams into nightmares. He’s hell-bent on plunging the world into darkness and making sure the Guardians are forgotten, leaving them powerless to stop him. Being a master manipulator, he knows everyone’s deepest fears and delights in torturing them psychologically. It’s hard to tell when he’s being genuine or when he’s lying through his pointed teeth, he’s that good. However, despite his sadistic, cunning ways, there was one thing Pitch didn’t count on – being betrayed by his own fears.

#8: The Toad

“Flushed Away” (2006)



In his youth, Toad had a good life at Buckingham Palace, but when his owner grew more attached to a rat, Toad’s happiness was literally sent down the drain. Heartbroken and abandoned, Toad recruits the help of his lackeys – including his cousin, Le Frog – to aid in his spiteful plan to wash away all rodents. It’s hard not to sympathize with his reasoning. How would you like it if you were someone’s pet and they just tossed you away? Plus, it’s too much fun watching him shift from a sophisticated crime lord to a warty madman – not unlike Professor Ratigan from Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective." Fortunately, the rats he sought to eliminate end up beating him with his own amphibious habits.

#7: Hal Stewart [aka Titan]

“Megamind” (2010)



Hal Stewart was just a nerdy cameraman looking for love that was out of his league. However, when Megamind needed a new arch-nemesis to do battle with, he ended up bestowing incredible superpowers to Hal and secretly trying to mold him into the ultimate superhero. Unfortunately, when Hal couldn’t get the girl of his dreams, he decided that being a villain was more of his vocation and began using his newfound might to conquer the city. Even though Megamind was the villain of his own story, he ended up creating an even worse threat –showing that you really have to be careful who you entrust with super abilities… especially the geeky types.

#6: Rameses II

“The Prince of Egypt” (1998)



The conflict between Moses and the Pharaoh is a tale as old as time. However, in “The Prince of Egypt,” Pharaoh Ramses II isn’t really evil. In fact, he and Moses were actually best friends and adoptive brothers - even though Moses usually got Ramses into trouble. When Ramses is crowned as the Pharaoh, the weight of his responsibility gets to him. He is determined to build a great legacy for himself – no matter how many Hebrew slaves he works to the bone. Unfortunately, his reign ends in tragedy – he loses his first-born son to Moses’ plagues, and his stubbornness drives away his childhood friend – leaving him with no real family to comfort him when he needs it most.

#5: Melisha & Willard Tweedy

“Chicken Run” (2000)



This unhappy couple managed to turn a chicken farm into a prison camp. While Mr. Tweedy’s more of a right-hand stooge, he makes sure that none of the “inmates” escape – and is the only one of the two to suspect that the chickens are smarter than they look. His wife, on the other hand, is the brains of the operation – wanting nothing more than to make a profit off their “useless birds” – even through malicious, deadly means like cooking their prisoners into pies. Fortunately, she underestimates the birds and she pays the price for it. Her scheme literally blows up in the farmers’ faces, leaving them rightfully chickenless and penniless.

#4: Fairy Godmother

“Shrek 2” (2004)



Many remember the story of the Fairy Godmother – using her benevolent magic to give princesses their happily ever after. In reality, she’s a prejudice, corrupt businesswoman with her own agenda – to have Princess Fiona marry her pretty-boy son, Prince Charming so that she can rule over the kingdom of Far Far Away. She’s got no qualms playing mind games with Shrek, trying to ruin his and Fiona’s marriage to make it happen since she firmly believes that ogres can’t live happily ever after. She might’ve succeeded too if it weren’t for Shrek and Fiona’s love… and a backfired spell. Unfortunately for the happy couple, Prince Charming isn’t taking his mother’s death – and being robbed of his happily ever after – lightly.

#3: Captain Chantel DuBois

“Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” (2012)



Captain DuBois was the best animal control officer Monaco had to offer, and she delighted in hunting beasts down… and collecting “trophies”. So, when she was offered a chance to hunt down Alex the lion and mount his head on her wall, she brought her A-game. She’s pretty much insane, but she is also the ultimate hunter – armed with hunting tools of every kind, a dog-like sense of smell, cat-like reflexes, and a singing voice that can heal her lackeys miraculously. Unfortunately for her, our favorite vagabonds brought an end to her perfect catch streak, and she was last seen being shipped off to Madagascar – ironic since that’s where the gang ended up in the first movie.

#2: Lord Farquaad

“Shrek” (2001)



Sadly, our runner-up just fell short of being number one. But don’t think little of Farquaad… because he has a massive ego, an iron-fisted rule over his kingdom, and a xenophobic vision of a perfect world WITHOUT fairytale creatures. There is no dirty deed he won’t stoop to – and he doesn’t even have to get his own hands dirty. Ironically, despite his perfectionism, he is blind to his own literal shortcomings, which really makes him an entertaining tyrant you love to hate. Unfortunately for him, Farquaad meets his demise at the hands of the fairytale “trash” he wished to dispose of – but still makes time for one last plot from beyond the grave.



Before we unveil our number one villain, here are a few honorable mentions.



Drago Bludvist

“How to Train Your Dragon 2” (2014)







General Mandible

“Antz” (1998)





Tzekel-Kan

“The Road to El Dorado” (2000)





Don Edward Lino

“Shark Tale” (2004)







Lord Victor Quartermaine

“Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit” (2005)

#1: Lord Shen

“Kung Fu Panda 2” (2011)



We still give credit to Tai Lung for his tragic backstory, but we have to give it up to this devilish peacock. Even though it meant being disowned by his family, Shen managed to weaponize fireworks and assemble an entire army of wolves with the mission to wipe out kung fu forever. What really brings him to the top is his personal connection to our favorite Dragon Warrior, Po – Shen was the reason Po became an orphan, and he committed mass genocide on other pandas without a single regret. Despite this, Po was able to defeat this paranoid peacock by finding inner peace with his past – something Shen was never able to achieve.