In Fracesco’s defense… I doubt he was ever supposed to be a villain. Sure, he was supposed to be Lightning’s rival for the race, but he never cheats and actually seems horrified by all the accidents with the Allinol.

I still believe Zurg would've been better if they made him Buzz's father like how he originally is

I honestly don’t blame Schafrillas for forgetting about Miles Axelrod in his twist villains video. It makes no sense for him to be the lemons boss. Why would you sabotage your own business?

Something i really like about AUTO is the design; Pixar made a literal ship steering wheel robot intimidating af 💀

Also, another thing funny about AUTO is how the Buy n Large corporation made AUTO, a steering wheel robot who's only purpose is to be the ship's autopilot, and decided "you know what? Let's also give him an electrical taser."

To this day, Syndrome remains the best Pixar villain. While Pixar has some other great villains, Syndrome tops all of them for me.

The funniest thing about the Underminer is when the cops are tearing into Bob and Helen with the whole "everything is insured" spiel.
This implies that things like giant drill tanks, arson, and multiple buildings getting destroyed at once is completely normal, but super heroes are the "bad guys"

43:28 something I wanna add about this line. Chef Boyardee was a real person. Hector Boiardi was an immigrant who helped low income families during the the Great Depression by selling jars of sauce to families. Pasta is and was pretty cheap, so it was a way for families to feed themselves during these times. He would establish his brand later on under the name Chef Boy-ar-dee so that Americans could pronounce it easier.

There's more to the story, but what's important is that he was a real person who has fallen from the public eye to become just another mascot for cheap food. Sound familiar? The context makes this line a pretty devastating burn to be honest.

Something I noticed a while ago about Toy Story antagonists is that they are all defeated with humiliation. Sid is horrified and humbled, Stinky Pete is taken in by a child who definitely won't keep him mint, Al gets the wind knocked from his sails by losing his big sale, Lotso is made a laughing stock on the front of a truck, and Gabby Gabbie is hit with cold hard reality about the fickle nature of children.

I feel like I should point out, that The Underminer was the main villain in a Incredibles Video Game, known as The Rise of the Underminer. While it's not considered Canon, it's something to consider at least.

Personally I've always had an issue with how charles muntz was handled in UP. It's one of the few times where i think a sympathetic villain would have been the better option because his backstory is actually really sad. He has his entire reputation destroyed over something that wasn't his fault and tries to fix it and over time slowly decends into madness over his obsession. I always thought it was a bit lame that they just make him generic evil man when his motivations are actually really understandable

17:18 As a senior in high school who is going to college, I know firsthand that people like Johnny aren't a trope of a dead type of person. They still exist, and are insufferable.

Finally someone gives auto the respect he deserves

‘Being the only human Toy Story villain’- wait did we not just talk about Sid?😂

I still say Screenslaver had a good option. It should have been both siblings. Winston is the guy in the mask and the brains behind the scheme, and Evelyn is the one behind the technology of the plan. They are faking crimes and putting real people in danger to make a point as to why superheroes need to come back. It plays off that same issue of the first movie, if idolizing people but not learning the lessons you need to, but also comes to a different conclusion while getting similar results. Syndrome made an issue and solved it himself while deeming no one else fit to be a hero. The Deavors could have been making issues and solving it through heroes to show why they are needed, which could leave a more powerful message at the end about doing the right thing for the right reasons.

Syndrome is hands down Pixar's best villian. I love everything about him. Design,character,motivation and voice. I also love the fan theory that he was actually working with the US Government,helping them eliminate the super's,giving them an excuse to terminate the expensive program that relocates them as shown in Incredibles 2,and giving them more money to spend elsewhere. Syndrome gets revenge on supers,the government gets to terminate the program.

My favorite part about Ercole is his "we are afraid of you" speech. Like, the other humans in the film were after sea monsters due to fear of the unkown, and it was actually understandable. Put yourself in their shoes: were you really be willing to bet those supposedly monstrous sea beings were peaceful? But Ercole KNOWS Luca and Alberto are harmless children, but he uses the fear everybody, understandably, has of them to justify HIS greed and hate (he only wants to kill them because A: He wants the prize money and B: He hates their guts). Plus, the way he says that without a twinge of fear in his voice is what sells it for me.

Yeah syndrome is easily the best villain in the entire Pixar catalog and this is coming from a character who is voiced by the same actor who plays Dave Seville in the live action chipmunks franchise how do you go from syndrome to Dave in the span of three years that’s honestly kind of amazing

Monsters University even makes things even more interesting with the whole backstory of how they all met. Further proof that Randall wanted revenge on Sully was the line: "That's the last time I lose to you, Sullivan!" Which led me to believe that Randall held a grudge against Sully way before Monsters Inc.

I hate Screenslaver the most since everything about him before the reveal is actually really damn good. The "cyberpunk Riddler" aesthetic you referred to is a really fun aesthetic for a villain and the whole "monologue," for lack of a better word, while Elastagirl is following the transmission is one of the best villain scenes for me in recent memory. But once the twist happens it all goes to shit and I cannot properly explain how disappointed I was.

The similarities to Jessie’s story with Lots’o is definitely intentional. To show the other side of that longing for companionship. A dark side.