I am not even going to ask you whether you like cartoons or not. Because you do, everyone does. You may prefer classical Disney or anything from Cartoon Network, anime, or some of the modern masterpieces like Rick and Morty, but the fact remains: we all love cartoons. And if someone ever tries to tell you that cartoons are not for adults, they clearly have no idea what they are talking about.
Over the decades, animators have created some cool realistic cartoon characters that we all grew to love. And I am not talking only about heroes and heroines. Animators put just as much heart into creating creepy characters so that we can’t help but admire them, however evil and scheming they might be. For instance, I am an absolute fan of Yzma, the sorceress from The Emperor's New Groove.
When Halloween comes knocking on the door, scary cartoon characters are the best inspiration for costumes. Animated characters reimagined as real people can be both fun and scary because can you imagine meeting some of the evil or creepy cartoon characters in real life?
If cartoon characters were real, which one do you think you would be? For this article, we collected a lot of the most terrifying characters. Some of them come from creepy cartoons, others from the sweetest animated stories possible, but all of them are dangerous and scary!
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Judge Claude Frollo - "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"
One of the creepiest Disney villains in one of the craziest children's movies: Hellfire? Check! Eternal damnation? Check! Old dirty man lusts for the young, pretty girl? Check! Condemnation of an entire ethic group; allusions of genocide; religious and moral hypocrisy? Check, check, check.
Chernabog - "Fantasia"
Scar - "The Lion King"
Forget everything you know about Scar... he still is a freaking full grown lion! That's enough for me for not wanting to cross paths with him...
The Horned King - "The Black Cauldron"
Maleficent - "Sleeping Beauty"
Shan Yu - "Mulan"
To be honest, aside from what he did, (Destroying an entire village and mentioning that they should return the doll to the little girl were quite chilling) I found him to be rather bland as far as Disney villains go. I know he's supposed to be menacing and scary, but he never gave me the same vibes as say, Scar or Frollo.
Dr. Facilier - "The Princess And The Frog"
Lady Tremaine - "Cinderella"
Shere Khan - "The Jungle Book"
Again. The fact he is an apex predator should be enough for not wanting to cross paths...
Coraline’s Other Mother - "Coraline"
Ursula - "The Little Mermaid"
Queen Of Hearts - "Alice In Wonderland"
Cruella De Vil - "101 Dalmations"
Rasputin - "Anastasia"
Evil Queen - "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs"
Bill Cipher - "Gravity Falls"
Sid - "Toy Story"
Ghostfreak - "Ben 10"
Hama - "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Hopper - "A Bug’s Life"
The Coachman - "Pinocchio"
Tweedledee And Tweedledum - "Alice In Wonderland"
Yzma - "The Emperor's New Groove"
Hexxus - "Ferngully"
Elephant Hallucinations - "Dumbo"
I think everyone had nightmares from these ... bloody horrible things
Clayton - "Tarzan"
XIX century average upper class British man in a nutshell. And modern NRA member.
Randall - "Monster's Inc"
Azula - "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Hades - "Hercules"
Gaston - "Beauty And The Beast"
Koh The Face Stealer - "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Amos Slade - "The Fox And The Hound"
Muriel's Possession - "Courage The Cowardly Dog"
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz - "Phineas And Ferb"
Ryuk - "Death Note"
Amon - "Legend Of Korra"
Percival C. Mcleach - "The Rescuers Down Under"
Zira - "The Lion King 2"
No Face - "Spirited Away"
Madam Mim - "The Sword In The Stone"
Kaa - "The Jungle Book"
Kaa wasn't so bad. He didn't seek revenge, hold a grudge, or want to cause damage or harm. He just had to eat.
Slade - "Teen Titans"
Syndrome - "The Incredibles"
Him - "The Powerpuff Girls"
I was a middle schooler when I first watched the original Powerpuff Girls and Him was absolutely unsettling. His voice was based upon the chief Blue Meanie from the Yellow Submarine movie and it was terrifying how it could go from this sickly sweet, falsetto to a monstrous growl. It didn't help that he was clearly supposed to be the Devil, and we knew very little about him except that he was also playing psychological games with the girls rather than flat out destroying them physically. The episode "Speed Demon" still terrifies me after all this time.
Lyle Tiberius Rourke - "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"
I was so sure through that movie that he was voiced by Tommy Lee Jones.
Jasper And Horace - "101 Dalmatians"
Governor Ratcliffe - "Pocahontas"
Crossed paths? Every government in the planet was a few dozen of people like him, at least.