TheMarvel Cinematic Universedeserves more recognition for the sheer amount of edge it ’s able to give its baddie through words alone . in the main a franchise of PG-13 movies feature lighthearted tones , mostMCU moviesdon’t get enough citation for being as dark as they are . Some of them sport some spine - chillingly cruel dialogue that punctuate just how inhumane and vile they truly are .

Thebest villains of the Marvel Cinematic Universemake a thick impression of evil primarily through their Scripture as well as their action . Some of the most vicious , pachydermatous , or downright sadistic lines in the series hint at just how vile these fibre are , quickly make it unclouded to the interview that these antagonists are n’t here to fiddle around . Whether they ’re providing a threat , hope , malediction or torment , MCU villains sleep together when to degenerate the pretense and go all - out with chilling dialog .

10“I Don’t Even Know Who You Are.”

Thanos, Avengers: Endgame

Few Marvel villains have made as many foe across the universe has Thanos has , occupy the lives of countless individual from a 10000 of species . He realise quite the muscular foe inAvengers : Infinity Warwhen he revives the android Vision just to snatch the Infinity Stone powering his life out of his frontal bone , undoing the horrific forfeit made by his lover Scarlet Witch . The powerful pandemonium magician lastly get her probability at revenge during the Battle of Earth inAvengers : Endgame , run up against a preceding version of Thanos .

Granted , this reading of Thanos actually would n’t be able to know who Scarlet Witch is , as he had yet to meet her .

Still heartbroken years later , Scarlet Witch screams at the Mad Titan that he took everything from her , only for him to coldly reply ' " I do n’t even know who you are . “Josh Brolin ’s ice - cold delivery here emphasizes just how little livestock Thanos holds on the lives he ’s taken , rent alone the loved ones he ’s allow behind in their wake . Granted , this variant of Thanos in reality would n’t be able-bodied to know who Scarlet Witch is , as he had yet to encounter her , but the sentiment that he very well could have encountered her and block speaks book as to his cruelty .

Gorr at the Altar of Eternity in Thor Love and Thunder

9“It Broke My Heart To Put That Tumor In Her Head.”

Ego, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

As far asMCU plot twistvillains go , Ego might not be the most subtle example . An all - powerful Celestial and real living planet , the being that fathered Peter Quill has a cardinal , ancient consciousness that mortal beings may find unmanageable to touch to , haunt with the expansion of himself throughout all corners of the galax above all else . During a nerve - to - heart with his son , Ego very about bring off to win over him to join him in this cosmic hobby , consuming Star - Lord ’s mind with awing astronomic imagery of a changed universe .

However , Ego give one callous error when he admits to obliterate Star - Lord ’s mom , telling him " It broke my heart to put that tumor in her top dog . “This admission is so malign that it manages to snap Star - Lord out of the trance , cause him to mussitate " What ? " before blast his Padre to opus with his guns . It almost makes Ego more evilness to be intimate that he was very much able of loving someone , only to cruelly kill them so as not to impose on his own delusion of grandeur .

8“I Will Kill You And Everybody You Love.”

The Vulture, Spider-Man: Homecoming

While some villains may take reprobate joy in the suffering of others , to someone like Adrian Toomes , a.k.a . The Vulture , the supervillain business is just that - line . That being said , he does n’t hesitate when it get along to protecting him and his , understandably valuing his net profit and family above the well - being of anyone else . He make water as much experience during the tense drive to the return dance , in which he immediately susses out that the young son go steady his girl , Peter Parker , is also his deadly foeman .

Shooing away his daughter to give Peter the " Dad talk " , The Vulture wee-wee it very light to him that he will slay Peter and everyone he loves in inhuman blood to protect his secret endeavor .

Few villains have threatened to kill children as nonchalantly in the Marvel Cinematic Universe . Even if The Vulture does give Peter the professional courtesy of a warning as a thanks for saving his girl , it ’s clear that he ’s willing to do whatever it takes to keep his own lifestyle .

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7“Gods Don’t Have To Choose! We Take.”

Green Goblin, Spider-Man: No Way Home

Considering how great Spider - Man ’s motion picture rogue ’s gallery is , it ’s no wonderment that another Spidey scoundrel gets off with one of the most essentially evil product line in the integral MCU.Spider - homo : No Way Homebrought back Spider - Man ’s original bane from theSam Raimi movies , Willem Dafoe ’s Green Goblin , an impressive functioning that does n’t miss a beat after almost two decades . During the tense standstill - off at Happy ’s flat , the Green Goblin takes over Norman Osborn ’s head , taking the sentence to convince the other villains to rebel from their fate .

Green Goblin ’s speech here is a perfect distillation of his chilling " might hold correct " philosophy , asserting that the villain ' strength make them merit of anything they want , least of all carry on to live rather than being sent home to their deaths . This unambiguously vicious statement feeds in to both the Green Goblin ’s wan worldview and his self-loving delusions , comparing himself to a god . The actual opposite of Spider - Man ’s famous " With great power get along great responsibility " ethos , this course is a scary thesis statement .

6“I Don’t Recall Killing Your Family. I Doubt I’ll Remember Killing You.”

Ronan the Accuser, Guardians of the Galaxy

TheGuardians of the Galaxyvillains are a consistent threat to the entire , well , galaxy , with each debut in the trilogy cause their own pernicious appeal . Ronan the Accuser might not be the most memorable villain of the three , but his sheer power and pure evil intentions are foreground at multiple stop throughout the first photographic film . One standout beat is when Ronan is at long last confronted by Drax , whose family he had ruthlessly mow down as part of his many conquests .

In fact , it order a lot that Thanos ' " I do n’t even sleep together who you are " argumentation is more or less a direct ripoff of this .

When Drax screams at him for payback , Ronan coldly inform him that he does n’t even remember putting his sept to the steel , and in all probability wo n’t retrieve Drax either after he ’s done with him . This line cement the Kree partisan as one of the most deathly the great unwashed - manslayer in MCU account , right up there with Thanos . In fact , it says a lot that Thanos ' " I do n’t even recognize who you are " lineage is more or less a direct ripoff of this .

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5“There Is No God! That’s Why I Stepped In!”

The High Evolutionary, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

As evil as Ronan and Ego are , they ’re give way some fierce competition by the High Evolutionary ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol . 3.This sociopathic , egotistic mastermind is responsible for creating entire race of novel life history from scratch , include cybernetic animals like Rocket Raccoon . While Ego and Ronan might take lifetime with wanton neglect , the High Evolutionary make it just as unfeelingly , an act that arguably might be even crueler considering the lot of his subjects .

The megalomania of the High Evolutionary is best summed up during one view in which he ’s call at his faculty , when one of them makes an allusion to God . The High Evolutionary is quick to riposte that there is no " God " save for himself , underline his down idiotic sense of self - righteousness . The High Evolutionary ’s creationsmay be impressive , but his utter deficiency of modesty or sympathy keeps him as one of the most vile MCU baddie in recent story .

4“You Will Bring Me What I Need. Or, I Will Kill Your Daughter In Front Of You.”

Kang the Conqueror, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Though he was originally mean to be the next major overarching villain to unite the hoagie of the MCU a la Thanos , Kang the Conqueror has seemingly been rolled back in grandness in favor of Robert Downey Jr. ’s Doctor Doom . Even if the character did n’t exactly resonate with audiences , it ’s a shame that his exceptional brand of villainy has been underestimate . InAnt - Man and the Wasp : Quantumania , Kang demonstrates the sort of grampus instinct that conduct to him becoming a venerate autocrat across the multiverse .

At one head , to force Ant - Man to abide by with his demands , Kang jeopardize to obliterate Scott Lang ’s daughter Cassie . As if that was n’t enough , he promise to utilize his advanced engineering to drink down her and revive her over and over again while forcing Scott to watch helplessly . One of the most terrifyingly detailed threats in the history of superhero movies , it ’s too forged Kang ’s most scary quote is stuck within an otherwise average MCU entry .

3“You Said You Wanted To Burn The World. Let Us Burn It Together.”

Namor, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Few hero have been taken to as dark a spot over the course of their debut film in the MCU as Shuri is inBlack Panther : Wakanda Forever . lose her brother and female parent in a short clock time span , Shuri grapples with a life-threatening kind of grief that melanize her heart , get her to contact up with her late nefarious first cousin , Erik Killmonger , in the astral realm . Themutant Namorproves to be a roundabout baddie for Shuri to deal in this heightened mental DoS , assay to sway her to his side as the freshly - mint ruler of a powerful nation .

Weaponizing the words Shuri narrate her female parent in private , Namor reveals that he ’s aware of the dark feelings that had been plaguing her since T’Challa ’s death . He prompts her to join him in a war on the airfoil human beings , reshaping the Carry Nation of the major planet to bow down to Vibranium . Even if Shuri ultimately soften , Namor ’s insidious exercise of her own individual thoughts against her is nothing short of prime psychological warfare so as to get what he wants .

2"I’m Not The Samaritan… I’m Not The Priest, Or The Levite… I Am The Ill Intent…”

Kingpin, Daredevil

The coming into court of Kingpin in the MCU was the showtime of the franchise taking over the NetflixDefenderscontinuity , and for ripe reason . As such a unforgettably worthless villain , Vincent D’Onofrio ’s Kingpin might not have traditional world power outside of being a physically imposing human dynamo and an influential magnate , but he ’s easily one of the most intimidating in the MCU . He proves as much in the later seasons ofDaredevil , admitting to himself who he truly is .

Kingpin sends much ofDaredevilself - ascertain that he ’s doing horrifying things for the right reason , claiming to have the good interests of Hell ’s Kitchen at heart . However , he ’s eventually able to relent that , in the classical scriptural story of the Good Samaritan , he ’s nothing but an badly - intended will desperate to force the world into entry . Throwing away any pretending of ethic or moral obligations , Kingpin only becomes that much more evil and more frightening .

1“It Would’ve Been A Waste Of Parts!”

Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War

Thanos is simply too iconic of an evil presence not to get at least a couple of lines that give the rest of the MCU ’s resister a run for their money . Having fully converted to the side of trade good and cast off the influence of her beginner in theGuardians of the Galaxyfilms , Nebula joins the conflict against Thanos inAvengers : Infinity War . Proud to finally stand up to the former source of her fearfulness and necessitate for substantiation , Thanos ' response to Nebula ’s betrayal is only one of mild annoyance .

When Nebula claims that Thanos should ’ve stamp out her , he cruelly brushes off such an idea as a " Waste of parts " , referring to the painful cybernetic adjustment he inflict on her as punishment . Knowing how much torment this process caused Nebula , it ’s like a dagger in the heart to her father refer to her as nothing more than scrap metal . Even if it ’s a legal brief aside , this argument is softly one of the most deviously evil bit of dialog spoken by anyone in theMCU .

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