Artemis Fowl	Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer
	A criminal mastermind at the age of twelve, Artemis Fowl stole gold from the fairy world, kidnapped Holly Short and almost started a war between the two races.
	Aunt Sponge & Aunt Spiker	James and the Giant Peach - Roald Dahl
	The two nasty aunts. James was sent to live with this ghastly pair after his parents had been eaten by a Rhinoceros. They treated James like a slave and when the giant peach grew in their garden saw a chance to make a lot of money.
	The Big Bad Wolf	Red Riding Hood Classic Fairy Tale
	After eating her grandmother, the Big Bad Wolf waited for Little Red Riding Hood in the hope of turning her into a meal as well.
	Bill Sikes	Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
	A career criminal associated with Fagin, and the owner of a bull terrier named Bullseye. A violent and aggressive man who fills Oliver and the other members of Fagin’s gang with terror.
	Blofeld	James Bond - Ian Fleming
	Ernst Stavro Blofeld was the mastermind behind S.P.E.C.T.R.E (Special Executive for Counter-intelligence Revenge and Extortion). He was foiled by James Bond in four adventures.
	The Child Catcher	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Ian Fleming
	A crooked man who worked for the Baron and Baroness of Vulgaria to kidnap and lock up the country's children by promising them sweets and treats.
	Captain Hook	Peter Pan - J.M. Barrie
	A pirate captain who hated Peter Pan and was intent on making him, and all his lost boys, walk the plank. Lost his hand to a crocodile who followed him around hoping to taste some more.
	Cluny The Scourge	Redwall - Brian Jacques
	An evil rat leader with an eye patch and a poisonous barb on his tail, Cluny came to Redwall to plunder, destroy and take over.
	Count Olaf	A Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snicket
	A cruel and unscrupulous failed actor who became the adoptive uncle of the Baudelaire children. He plotted to steal the children's fortune with no care for their well-being.
	Cruella De Vil	The One Hundred and One Dalmations - Dodie Smith
	A corrupt businesswoman who was obsessed by fur, Cruella De Vil kidnapped dalmation puppies so she could turn them into a fur coat.
	The Demon Headmaster	The Demon Headmaster - Gillian Cross
	A power-crazy headteacher with powers of hypnosis who was intent on taking over the world as he believed it would be better under his ordered rule.
	Domdaniel	Magyk - Angie Sage
	An evil necromancer who plotted a Queen's assassination and is determined to come back and rule once again.
	Draco Malfoy	Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
	Harry Potter's principal rival at Hogwarts. A bully who taunted Ron Weasley about his poor financial background and treated Hermoine Granger with disdain for being Muggle-born.
	Dracula	Dracula - Bram Stoker
	The ultimate vampire. Seductive and powerful Dracula travelled to England to find the reincarnation of his lost love and terrify her friends.
	Fagin	Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
	The leader of a group of urchins who he taught to be pickpockets and criminals.
	General Woundwort	Watership Down - Richard Adams
	A vicious and cruel rabbit leader, General Woundwort forced rabbits to join his warren and unsuccessfully attempted to invade Watership Down.
	The Grand High Witch	The Witches - Roald Dahl
	The leader of the witches. She planned to turn children in to mice by feeding them poisoned chocolate.
	The Grinch	How the Grinch Stole - Christmas! Dr. Seuss
	A bitter, green-coated creature with a heart 'two sizes too small'. He attempted to ruin Christmas for the residents of Whoville by stealing everything festive from their town.
	Heathcliff	Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
	Heathcliff's passion for Catherine grew so dark and sinister that he became hellbent on destroying her happiness and that of his own child.
	The Joker	Batman - DC Comics
	Dangerous and unstable, The Joker was Batman's most unpredictable foe. Using his twisted sense of humour he would devise complex plans to spite the citizens of Gotham and Batman himself.
	Lex Luthor	Superman - DC Comics
	Hugely intelligent, Lex Luthor was a sociopath who would stop at nothing to destroy Superman.
	Long John Silver	Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
	A cold-hearted pirate who posed as a cook and plotted to kill passengers aboard the Hispaniola so he could find and steal Captain Flint's buried treasure.
	Lord Voldemort	Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling
	The Dark Lord or 'He Who Must Not Be Named', Voldemort killed Harry's parents and has constantly tried to kill Harry throughout his time at Hogwarts.
	Magneto	X-Men - Marvel Comics
	A mutant from the X-Men universe who had the power to control all forms of magnetism. He felt that mutation was a step forward for humans and that the mutants were superior beings.
	Miss Letitia Slighcarp	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - Joan Aiken
	Miss Slighcarp was an evil governess who arranged for Bonnie's parents' ship to be sunk, sacked all the servants and placed the children in a cruel orphanage.
	Miss Trunchbull	Matilda - Roald Dahl
	The headmistress of Matilda's school, Miss Trunchbull was a monster who disliked children and kept them in a torture device called The Chokey.
	Mr McGregor	The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
	The gardener who chased Peter Rabbit, and who put Peter Rabbit's' father in a pie.
	Mrs Coulter	His Dark Materials Sequence - Philip Pullman
	The head member of the General Oblation Board, Mrs Coulter, along with her cruel monkey daemon, secretly kidnapped children and subjected them to terrible experiments.
	Professor Moriarty	Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
	A criminal mastermind who targeted Sherlock Holmes for retribution after he attempted to bring down Moriarty's criminal organisation.
	Napoleon the Pig	Animal Farm - George Orwell
	The paranoid and power-hungry leader of Manor Farm once the 'despised' humans had fled. He directed the slaughter of innocent animals for supposedly plotting against him and even commanded other pigs to sample his food in case it was poisoned.
	The Other Mother	Coraline - Neil Gaiman
	An alternate version of Coraline's mother. With buttons for eyes she stole Coraline's parents as well as the souls of children.
	The Queen of Hearts	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
	The foul-tempered monarch of Wonderland who was quick to decree death sentences at the slightest offence. Her most famous line, often repeated, was 'Off with their heads!'
	Sauron	The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
	The Dark Lord who sought to conquer all of middle-earth. He forged the One Ring to exert his will over others.
	Shere Khan	The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
	Despite being born with a withered leg, the tiger Shere Khan regarded himself as the rightful lord of the jungle. Aggressive and arrogant he was the reason that Mowgli was separated from his parents.
	Silas Brimstone	Faerie Wars - Herbie Brennan
	Co-owner of the Chalkhill and Brimstone Glue Factory, he stole the Book of Beleth, summoned a demon, and freely offered Pyrgus Malvae up as a sacrifice.
	The Warden	Holes - Louis Sachar
	The Warden was cold and calculating. She didn't care about the welfare of her staff or students and even used snake venom spiked nail varnish to torture Mr Sir. She wanted money, power and glory.
	The White Witch	The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
	Using her magic to cast and eternal winter over the land of Narnia, The White Witch sacrificed Aslan the lion on a huge stone table and attempted to stop Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy from taking their rightful places as kings and queens of Narnia.
	The Wicked Stepmother	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Fairy Tale
	The jealous queen who ordered her stepdaughter to be taken into the woods and killed. Extremely vain, she was forever asking her magic mirror who was the fairest of them all.
	The Wicked Witch of the West	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum
	With her winged monkeys, The Wicked Witch of the West pursued Dorothy and her friends through the land of Oz in an attempt to kill Dorothy and get back her sister's ruby slippers.
	Zaphod Beeblebrox	HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
	Hedonistic, insensitive and irresponsible, Zaphod stole the Heart of Gold, a spaceship fitted with the Infinite Improbability Drive.
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