What are the worst villains you can think of?

The Abominatrix- A hulk villain whose power was PMS.... enuff said...

http://www.leaderslair.com/gammapeople/abominatrix.html

worst villain ever is the joker

Speaking of parody villains, I just wanted to take this moment to mention Candlejack. Not because he is the worst, but becau-

Another vote for Sephiroth. OK, he's not the worst villain ever, as many of the stupid one or two appearance gimmick bad guys from comics described here are indeed worse, but for the central villain from a major game/film/book etc, I can't think of a more poorly developed or implemented character.

His motivation seemed to be "I want to destroy the world cos I'm emo", his actions were pretty much non-existent as people have already said - the one thing he actually did (Aeris) was shoddily presented, shoehorned in to try to make us hate a zero-dimensional character and didn't even make sense cos I resurrect people who have taken far worse every battle - and he only gets the popularity cos he's a bishie with a sword. What sums it up for me is that when I get to the end of the game, I didn't care one bit about defeating him. Sure I wanted to save the world and all that, but the fact it was Sephiroth I was fighting to do so was irrelevant. This isn't a lack of technology or whatever. It's just flat out bad writing.

Earlier, there was someone posting about Lord Recluse, but there is a worse villain. If you play some of the high-end villain tips you know who I'm talking about: Flambeaux. She's basically Foxbat with breasts IMHO.

There's an old RTS game that I sometimes play called Stronghold. In this game, the first villain you face is called Duc De Puce (a.k.a. The Rat) The other villains are pretty good, but the Rat's voice makes you want to plunge your sword down his throat (or his eye, or crotch or whereever hurts the most.) Here's a sample.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG9mTWH5Q4

Condiment King anyone remember this buffoon from Batman:TAS??? WOW...just wow.....

This was one thing (of several) that brought the Green Lantern film down: lack of good villain. Hector Hammond began as actually a sympathetic character, a well-meaning guy who simply lacked ambition and was met with the disapproval of his achiever dad. But a guy who'll never amount to much as a regular guy is still not going to amount to much as a villain no matter what his powers are or how powerful he is. And Parallax was just the same malevolent cloud of ultimate malevolency but no personality we saw in Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It wasn't interesting in those movies and it wasn't interesting in this one either. Even though Parallax was powerful enough to threaten the entire Green Lantern Corps, it still failed as a villain.

Contrast with Lex Luthor and Joker, two villains with no real superpowers but are still regarded as two of the best villains in superhero fiction. It's because they are interesting characters and find ways to make things happen. Luthor may not be able to go toe-to-toe with the Man of Steel, but he can concoct schemes to throw him off-balance and create devices that can put him on a more level footing. The Joker is also adept at hatching schemes that endanger a great many people, and he will cross lines no one else will cross. It's been said that when supervillains want to scare each other around a campfire, they tell each other Joker stories.

Plus they have motivations beyond merely stomping on the good guy. The Joker enjoys the game, wants to sow chaos and prove that civilized life is a lie. Luthor wants to prove his superiority to a man with godlike ability.

On a side note, "bad villains" can become good ones if they play up their badness. I recall a story in the Spider-Man comics where the Gibbon, Kangaroo, Grizzly and Spot joined forces in a "Legion of Losers". It was a story played up for laughs, but it worked quite well.