The Scooby-Doo series celebrated a milestone fiftieth anniversary this year. In all that time, Scooby has become a fixture in many generations of cartoon lovers and has been beloved since day one. Who doesn't love watching the Scooby gang solve mysteries? It's a symbol of your childhood, a nostalgic means of television that has experienced such universal popularity that it has had spin-off shows, movies (animated and live-action) and crossovers (notably with Johnny Bravo and Supernatural). We're going back to the original 1969 show to provide you with the show's 10 best villains, because without these guys, we wouldn't have all the Scooby mania that we do today.
10 The Witch Doctor
While on vacation in Hawaii, the gang gets involved in another mystery when their guide goes missing. They wind up searching through a village that's said to be cursed, constantly running into the Witch Doctor and the giant Mano Tiki Tia for their efforts. Scooby and Shaggy even provide entertainment in short skits while trying to evade the Witch Doctor. However, they find oysters and pearls, which is enough explanation as to why the Witch Doctor and Mano Tiki Tia are trying to keep people away from the village: the Witch Doctor isn't into voodoo, he's into pearl poaching.
9 The Caveman
The Caveman was actually one of the more violent villains in the series, considering he tried clubbing the gang on multiple occasions while out chasing them around Oceanland. Professor Wayne went to a lot of trouble to don a Caveman costume and wreak havoc around Oceanland, all the while forgetting his original goal of stealing his colleague's revolutionary invention that provided the ability to speak to marine life.
Ironically, Wayne as the Caveman is captured by a giant clam when the gang's initial trap fails, his scheme ended by marine life. In a way, the Caveman teaches us about karma.
8 The Ghost Clown
The Ghost Clown was one of the most vicious villains in the series. He hypnotized most of the members of the gang, always to conduct dangerous stunts in the circus to distract them. The Ghost Clown had no regard for the preservation of human life, which is dark for a cartoon, especially Scooby-Doo. Though, Scooby and the gang serve the vengeful villain some serious karma in the form of tricking the clown into hypnotizing himself, inflicting a taste of his own medicine.
7 Ghost Of Mr. Hyde
Interestingly, this episode places a twist on the old Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story. Only this Dr. Jekyll is faking his transformation into Mr. Hyde, using it to explain how stolen jewels are mysteriously winding up in his home.
He later manipulates evidence to lead the gang to believe his housekeeper, Helga, is behind the recent thefts. He tries to turn Shaggy into a frog on top of it. If that's not pure evil, we don't know what is.
6 The Black Knight
Who could forget the gang's very first villain, the Black Knight? From moment one, it was obvious how resourceful and funny the group would be, from breaking into a museum to engaging in a chase inside via an antique airplane. The museum curator is the source of all the shenanigans, utilizing the legend of the Black Knight coming to life when the moon is full to deter anyone from discovering his art smuggling operation. The Black Knight made an appearance in the 2004 live-action film, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
5 Space Kook
The villain from outer space that haunts an abandoned airfield. His looks are memorable, his high-pitched cackle even more so. You may not remember his name, but you can't forget his laugh. The space kook turns out to be a phony alien, as the man behind the mask is scaring people away with the intention of initiating a real estate scheme (which seems to be a common reason as to why villains dress up and scare people to begin with). The space kook was also tech-savvy, given his remote control cars and the craftiness of his suit and spaceship. Impressive.
4 The Phantom Shadows
The "Phantom Shadows", or "Giggling Green Ghosts", were the featured villains in "A Night of Fright is No Delight." These two chain-rattling phantoms scared off the heirs to a fortune one by one, except for Scooby and the rest of the gang. They refuse to be frightened off, spending the night in the haunted house as per the requirements of the will the homeowner left behind. Unfortunately, their reward turns out to be Confederate money (which should've been real money, especially considering the impressive washing machine trap). This episode was later made into a crossover with Supernatural, called "Scoobynatural", in which Dean, Sam and Castiel joined the rest of the gang in the haunted house, this time with more deadly results.
3 Miner Forty-Niner
With a catchy name like "Miner Forty-Niner", this is certainly one of our favorite villains. The Miner chases the gang through the abandoned mines of Gold City, where the gang has landed for the night thanks to Shaggy's inability to read a map. The Miner doesn't say much; he's more of an action kind of guy. Turns out, behind the disguise lies a man with stilts looking to scare everyone in town to buy the land cheap and make bank on the oil reserves that are hidden within the exhausted gold mines.
2 The Mummy Of Ankha
"Scooby-Doo and a Mummy, Too" is without a doubt one of the funniest episodes of the series. Shaggy and Scooby on a power mower, with the Mummy later caught up in the chaos, was absolutely hilarious. The Mummy is after the gang for an old Egyptian coin, which if used, will unlock a treasure worth a fortune. The Mummy's frequent uttering of "Coin, coin" is what gets him dubbed the "Creepy Coin Collector" by Shaggy, while Velma offers up the moniker of "Big, Bad and Bandaged", to put the icing on the cake.
1 The Creeper
It's fair to say that when thinking about the original cartoon, "The Creeper" tends to be one of the most recognized and remembered villains. The Creeper, who turns out to be a Bank President, spends the episode chasing the gang around to retrieve a blank piece of paper a guard handed over when Scooby and the gang discovered him following an accident. That piece of paper is incriminating evidence against the President, who has been stealing from his own bank. He shouts "Creeper" as he chases them (obviously he picked the right name for the disguise). The villain even made an appearance in the 2001 animated movie, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase.
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