Welcome to another 30 day challenge which in honor of spooky season will cover the topic of Pop Culture Villains!

Today we’re getting creepily nostalgic, as we go back to the unfiltered reactions to villain we might’ve experienced as a kid, back when highly specific actions, visuals or even voice mannerisms could make a villain the most terrifying thing. So whether we’re talking antagonists of childrens or “exposed-way-early” adult media, the main prompt of today is: Who are the villains who, for whatever reason, just got under your skin like nothing else as a kid? What made them effective?

Bonus Prompt: Who’s the most out-and-out despicable/scary villain in a movie aimed at children?

Maniacal prompt: A villain who’s gotten MORE scary/effective as you’ve gotten older?

Machiavellian Prompt: Characters you were unreasonably afraid of – not necessarily characters intended to be scary, not even necessarily villains!