Either a character (https://screenrant.com/memorable-sitcom-villains-ranked/) whose evil actions or motives are important (https://collider.com/best-sitcom-villains/) to the plot or somebody (https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Sitcom_Villains) who's responsible (https://www.ranker.com/list/best-sitcom-villains/thomas-west) for specified problems (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SitcomArchNemesis), harm, or damage. Basically, they are the embodiment of pure evil (https://www.cracked.com/article_34640_20-of-the-most-evil-people-in-sitcoms.html).
10 Funniest Sitcom Villains, Ranked (https://screenrant.com/funniest-sitcom-villains-antagonists/)
Every story needs a bad guy, even in situational comedies, but the best villains in sitcoms stand out for being just as funny as the main cast.
rusty spike
12-03-2023, 02:25 AM
I always enjoyed Charles Lane playing Homer Bedloe on Petticoat Junction. Maybe he's more of a foil than a villain.
8 Popular Sitcom Characters Who Turned Into Villains For A Single Story (& Whether Or Not It Worked) (https://screenrant.com/popular-sitcom-tv-show-characters-became-villains-one-storyline/)
While no character is supposed to be perfect, some popular sitcom characters took a quick trip along the villain path for at least one storyline.
stevea
02-04-2024, 07:54 AM
Maybe villain is the wrong word for her, but maybe Gladys Kravitz on Bewitched.
10 Sitcom Bad Guys Who Aren't Really Villains (https://screenrant.com/sitcom-bad-guys-not-villains/)
From The Office’s Tobby to The Big Bang Theory’s Kripke, some sitcom villains were far from being bad or evil and would just oppose the protagonists.
quincywagstaff
02-04-2024, 08:50 PM
The one thing you can learn from the lists in each of these articles is that TV sitcom villains didn't exist before the the 1980's.
24/7 reruns
02-06-2024, 08:27 PM
From Batman - The Penguin (not completely a sitcom as such)
Homer Bedloe was a Villain always trying to screw Hooterville with threats of disbanding the Cannonball
My Favorite Martian- Detective Brennan
Jeannie's sister
Dennis the Menace- Johnny Brady and his dad
If you count cartoons then add Dick Dastardly and Muttley (Wacky Racers), Simon Bar Sinister ( Underdog), Uniblab (The Jetsons)
Villain may be harsh for some of these characters. Maybe Antagonist would be a better title