The Halliwell sisters at the center of “Charmed” kicked some serious butt in their time, knocking out more villains than are even listed in the Book of Shadows. And in honor of the series’ 20th anniversary on Oct. 7, TheWrap gives its unofficial ranking of the truly horrid Prue (Shannen Doherty), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Paige (Rose McGowan) went up against. Yes, we know these aren’t all the demons, warlocks and horrible creatures that go bump in the night that terrorized the Power of Three over the course of “Charmed”s eight-season run — but they are by far the baddest.
13. Hannah Webster and Rex Buckland
Looking back, these losers were super lame, but given the fact they were the top villains during Season 1 — when the girls will still getting used to their powers — that’s fair. But my God were they cheesy and sleazy and certainly not a threat the Season 8 Power of Three would have cared about for one second.
12. The Triad
At first, the Triad seemed pretty “meh.” They were introduced in Season 3, tasking Cole/Belthazor (Julian McMahon) with getting close to the Charmed Ones in order to kill them. And then Cole actually killed them all when he decided he loved Phoebe (Alyssa Milano). They were resurrected in the final season to help Christy and Billie Jenkins aka the Ultimate Power, try and defeat the Power of Three. It didn’t work, but they get an A for effort!
11. Wyatt Halliwell
Evil Wyatt only existed in an alternate future where Gideon made him evil. So once he was neutralized as a real threat after they solved the Gideon problem, everything was fine. However, seeing Leo (Brian Krause) and Piper’s (Holly Marie Combs) baby boy grow up to be a ruthless totalitarian warlock was pretty jarring — even in a different world.
10. Zankou
OK, so Zankou was a pain in the ass sure, and the girls had a tough time figuring out exactly how to get rid of him. But in the end they were able to use the Nexus to knock him out for good. The sisters felt like this was a good stopping place for them as witches and used the big scene his death made to fake their own deaths. It didn’t stick though, and they were back in the game come Season 8.
9. Barbas
We have to hand it to Barbas, who managed to come back over and over throughout the series, as the girls defeated the Demon of Fear what seems like 100 times. He was funny, smart and had them on the ropes more than once. What can we say? He was fun.
8. Belthazor
We don’t know how many times “Charmed” has said it, but Belthazor and Cole are for sure not the same person. One is the human half, one is the demon half. And (as pictured) the demonic side is totally pissed that Cole loves Phoebe and is happy to try and strangle her to death on more than one occasion Cole may have been pretty bad at times, but Belthazor spent a season and change trying to kill the Power of Three — and Cole’s one true love.
7. Gideon
He tried to kill baby Wyatt. A baby. Look, the dude had his reasons: Wyatt was possibly going to grow up to be the most evil, evil there ever was. However, we learned that Future Wyatt actually only turned bad because Gideon spent so long trying to figure out how to kill him as an infant. So, thanks for that, Gideon.
6. The Avatars
Agent Kyle Brody (Kerr Smith) spent the better part of Season 7 trying to prove these guys were bad, bad, bad news and responsible for the deaths of his parents. Once he found out that wasn’t true, he was still not here for them remaking the world into Utopia — a place without good and evil. He wasn’t able to convince the Charmed Ones that this would get rid of free will in time, and they did help the Avatars go through with their plan — but they regretted it later and turned the clock back. It’s hard to say if they were truly “bad” in the end, but they definitely rank toward the top in terms of a “big” threat.
5. The Seer
This upper level demon was responsible for not only orchestrating the series of events that led to Cole becoming the Source, but also those that allowed for him and Phoebe to conceive a demonic heir and for Phoebe to lose that child and be forced to vanquish her husband. If that’s not pure evil, we don’t know what is.
4. Cole
Poor, poor Cole. Well, poor Cole, depending on what side of the fanbase you are on. Cole was a huge threat when he was possessed by the Source, which, to be fair, wasn’t his fault. But when he returned from the demonic wasteland with a ton of powers and began committing evil acts in an attempt to get Phoebe back that wasn’t great. But we will ship Cole and Phoebe almost as hard as we ship Piper and Leo, so it’s really hard to be that mad at Cole. Plus, just look at him.
3. The Ultimate Power (Christy & Billie Jenkins)
So Christy (Marnette Patterson) and Billie (Kaley Cuoco) were set up to be the truly worst of the worst, the biggest of the bad, the most evil thing the Power of Three ever had to deal with ever and the ones they would go up against in the final battle. Except that battle really lasted like a few minutes, and though Paige (Rose McGowan) and Phoebe died, Piper was able to turn back time and save them come the very next episode, the series finale. There were much bigger threats throughout the eight-season run, but “Charmed” treated Christy and Billie like the evil Charmed Ones so we have to too.
2. Shax
He killed Prue (Shannen Doherty) on the Source’s orders. Like, he KILLED. PRUE. So, yeah, he hits high on the list here.
1. The Source of All Evil
He’s the Source… of… All…. Evil… Of course this guy — in all the many iterations he took on throughout the series — is No. 1.
