Villains are there to be defeated by the good guys but somehow they always get to mount the best rides around when they step out to commit evil.
Maybe it’s their inherent ability to see beauty in things otherwise considered trash and repurposing them for their needs. Or it’s probably our heroes who have a poor sense of aesthetics.
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Whichever way it is, there is no law that dictates that you can’t be both evil and ride the best things out there. These 13 bad guys have made it clear that these aren’t mutually exclusive traits!
Death (Supernatural)
In quite possibly the most memorable entrance scene of all time, the horseman of death driving the only vehicle in existence that could upstage Dean’s “Baby,” pulled up in a remote town and stepped out like the boss that he is. This scene is only made more memorable by the increasingly chaotic chain of events happening around as he simply struts down the street with an eerie swagger that is further accentuated by the lyrics of Jen Titus’ Oh Death that’s played over the scene.
Doug Judy (Brooklyn Nine-Nine)
Jake Peralta fancies himself the best cop to have ever walked the earth, and we agree with him, but as he said himself; every great hero needs an anti-thesis — a nemesis, if you will. He got one in Doug Judy: car thief, con artist, Karaoke supremo and forever unrequited lover of Rosa Diaz. The one other thing about Judy that caught everyone’s attention is his excellent taste in cars that has remained unmatched in the 99th Precinct and beyond.
The Headless Horseman (Sleepy Hollow)
Another horseman of death makes the cut, but this time it’s our old friend headless. This dude has tormented Ichabod through death and back again. Luckily, when he was resurrected in the 21st Century, he got himself a white horse that could make the strongest of us to pee their knickers without him having to lift his ax. And the poetic irony of the horseman of death riding a pale horse isn’t lost on us.
Nicholas Tanz (Salvation)
The villainous billionaire will do anything to maintain his grip on power including sabotaging every plan put in place to avert humanity’s extinction. In true evil guy fashion, dear uncle Nick creeps around the block in a chauffeured Bentley that transforms anyone seated in it to unofficial royalty.
Lavinia Peck-Foster (Trial And Error)
Committing a crime is wrong, dear ones — worst of all, murder. But if you do commit a crime, there is no reason not to be classy while you’re at it. Lavinia was on her way to dump her husband’s body in an undisclosed location when she was pulled over by a cop. Sure, she had a dead body in her trunk but what we couldn’t get over was the magnificent car she was driving.
Night King (Game Of Thrones)
The dragon queen spent most of seasons four to seven barbecuing her enemies up and down the continents of Essos and Westeros with the help of her three dragons. That was all before she met the night king and Viserion was swiftly brought down with a magic ice spear to the side of the neck. The Night King, in his infinite wisdom (and also because he is the coolest being in all of Westeros), decided to reanimate the dead dragon in his image complete with awesome upgrades like increased speed and the ability to breath cold fire — because regular flames are so old school.
Kol (Star Trek: Discovery)
The Federation, for all its chest-beating and vast resources, couldn’t match up to a single ship piloted by the dearly departed Kol of the Klingons. We can make excuses for the Federation by pointing at the history of the Klingons as a warrior race that diverted most of its resources towards developing military tech, but come on; it was ONE ship! But it really was a remarkable one.
Constance Clootie (Wynonna Earp)
From her scarfs and headgear down to her expensive heels, Bulshar’s Ex was nothing if not flamboyant, so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone when she kept rolling up in an old-school car that also happens to be pink. She may have been a total nut, but she definitely knew how to keep her style consistent.
Emperor Zarkon (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
As far as hitting the sweet spot goes, Zarkon has had it good from the beginning. He was the original pilot of the black lion, and after that tenure ended, he climbed aboard the Galra mothership and set out to conquer the universe. This might be cheating a little because Zarkon had over 10,000 years and the whole Galra empire to help him create the absolute beast that is the mothership which also serves as his mobile throne room. Nevertheless, there is no begrudging this man his spot on this list because he has earned it.
Clay Morrow (Sons Of Anarchy)
The Harleys on this show are almost as iconic as the people who rode them, and no one owned his Harley better than Jax’s stepfather. Clay was a lot of different things over the course of this show’s run, but there wasn’t a single time he showed up on-screen on his Harley that he didn’t ooze menace.
Fred Waterford (The Handmaid’s Tale)
One thing everyone agrees on — The Handmaid’s Tale is depressing as hell. Oh! And no one likes Fred Waterford. Fine, that’s two things, but that’s not the point. Gilead sure is a miserable place to live in, but somehow these guys still drive the most exquisite cars ever. It pains us to admit how jealous we are of Fred — that despicable, evil man — and the rides in which he gets to cruise around. That may secretly be the reason he helped establish a fanatical dystopian government.
Lt. Marcus Pierce (Lucifer)
Also known as the first murderer to walk the earth, cursed for eternity to live out his endless days in a perpetual cycle of loss and violence — or so we thought. Cain, as he is known in some circles, or the Sinnerman in others, witnessed the birth of automobiles and watched them evolve from creaky, lumbering pieces of machinery to the sleek beauties we have today. He is a man who has seen it all, done it all and has had his taste in vehicles refined over the ages. So, every time we see him hop off his Triumph Rocket III at the precinct, we know we’ll blindly trust this man to pick out a bike for us at the shop.
Prince Lotor (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
Like father, like son. Lotor is more about subterfuge and the battle for hearts and minds, but he was never above using brutality to achieve his goals including killing his most loyal generals. I guess that is something he learned from his father, Emperor Zarkon. One good thing he did pick up from his father is the unmatched ability to fashion the best ships out of whatever resources he has. As a result of that, he created one of the few magic-imbued ships capable of making quick work of Voltron.
