Contents

• 1 Etymology
• 2 Notable archenemies
• 3 See also
• 4 Notes

• Baron Strucker is the archenemy of Nick Fury.^[4]
• Blackout are the archenemies of Ghost Rider^[5]
• Black Manta is the archenemy of Aquaman.^[6]
• The Cheetah is the archenemy of Wonder Woman.^[7]
• Deacon Frost is the archenemy of Blade.^[8]
• Deathstroke is the archenemy of the Teen Titans.^[9]
• Doctor Doom is the archenemy of Fantastic Four.^[9]
• Dormammu is the archenemy of Doctor Strange.^[10]
• The Green Goblin^[11], Doctor Octopus^[12] and Venom^[13] are the archenemies of Spider-Man.^[9]
• Jigsaw is the archenemy of The Punisher.^[14][15]
• The Joker is the archenemy of Batman.^[16]
• Judge Death is the archenemy of Judge Dredd.^[17]
• Kingpin and Bullseye are the archenemies of Daredevil.^[18]
• Leader is the archenemy of The Hulk.^[19]
• Lex Luthor is the archenemy of Superman^[9].
• Loki is the archenemy of Thor.^[20]
• The Mandarin is archenemy of Iron Man.^[21][22]
• Magneto and the Brotherhood of Mutants are the archenemies of Professor X and his X-Men.^[9]
• Ming the Merciless is the archenemy of Flash Gordon.^[23]
• Overlord is the archenemy of Savage Dragon^[24]
• Red Skull is the archenemy of Captain America.^[9]
• Sabretooth is the archenemy of Wolverine.^[9]
• The Shredder is the archenemy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.^[25]
• Sinestro is the archenemy of the Green Lantern Corps.^[9]
• Malebolgia, Violator, Jason Wynn and Mammon are the archenemies of Spawn.^[26]

• Agent Smith is the archenemy of Neo in The Matrix film series.^[27]
• The Sith are the archenemies of the Jedi in the Star Wars film series.^[28]
• Dr. Evil is the archenemy of Austin Powers in the Austin Powers film series.^[29]
• Emperor Zurg is the archenemy of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story franchise and the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command spin-off series.^[30]
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld is the archenemy of James Bond in the James Bond film series.^[31]
• King Ghidorah is the archenemy of Godzilla in the Godzilla film series.^[32]
• Oogie Boogie is the archenemy of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas.^[33]
• Professor Ratigan is the archenemy of Basil of Baker Street in The Great Mouse Detective.^[34]
• Syndrome is the archenemy of the Incredible Family in The Incredibles.^[35]
• The Wicked Witch of the West is the archenemy of Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz.^[36]

• Captain Hook is the archenemy of Peter Pan.^[37][38]
• Karla is the archenemy of George Smiley in John le Carré's Karla Trilogy.^[39]
• Professor Moriarty is the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes.^[40]
• Frankenstein's Monster is the archenemy of his creator, Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.^[41]
• Lord Voldemort is the archenemy of Harry Potter in the Harry Potter novels.^[42][43]
• The Sheriff of Nottingham is the archenemy of Robin Hood.^[44]
• Gray Man is the archenemy of Spenser in Robert B. Parker's Spenser series.^[45]
• Poseidon is the archenemy of Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.^[46]

• Aunt Esther is the archenemy of Fred Sanford on Sanford and Son^[47]
• The Baby With the One Eyebrow is the archenemy of Maggie Simpson in The Simpsons series.^[48]
• Barnyard Dawg is the archenemy of Foghorn Leghorn on The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show.^[49]
• Bluto is the archenemy of Popeye in the Popeye the Sailor.^[50]
• Buzz Buzzard is the archenemy of Woody Woodpecker in the Woody Woodpecker cartoon.^[51]
• Callisto is the archenemy of Xena in the Xena: Warrior Princess television series.^[52]
• Dib is the archenemy of Zim in Invader Zim.^[53]
• Doctor Claw is the archenemy of Inspector Gadget in Inspector Gadget^[54]
• Elmer Fudd,^[55] The Tasmanian Devil^[56] and Yosemite Sam^[57] are the archenemies of Bugs Bunny on The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show.
• Ernie the Giant Chicken is the archenemy of Peter Griffin on Family Guy.^[58]
• The Hooded Claw is the archenemy of Penelope Pitstop.^[59]
• The Janitor is the archenemy of J.D. on Scrubs.^[60]
• Khan Noonien Singh is the archenemy of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise. ^[61]
• Leslie Winkle^[62][63] and Wil Wheaton^[64][65] are the archenemies of Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory.
• Marcy D'Arcy is the archenemy of Al Bundy on Married... with Children.^[66]
• The Master is the archenemy of the Doctor in Doctor Who.^[67]
• Mimi Bobeck is the archenemy of Drew Carey on The Drew Carey Show.^[68][69]
• Mojo Jojo is the archenemy of The Powerpuff Girls.^[70]
• Negaduck and Megavolt^[71] are the archenemies of Darkwing Duck on Darkwing Duck.
• Newman is the archenemy of Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld.^[72]
• Plankton is the archenemy of Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob SquarePants in SpongeBob SquarePants.^{[73][74][75][76]}
• Professor Finbar Calamitous is the archenemy of Jimmy Neutron,^[77]
• Sideshow Bob is the archenemy of Bart Simpson in The Simpsons series. ^[78]
• Sister Mary Bernard is the archnemesis of Gabrielle Solis on the TV series Desperate Housewives.^[79][80][81]
• Servalan and Travis are the archenemies of Roj Blake and Kerr Avon in Blake's 7.^[82]
• Siegfried is the archenemy of Maxwell Smart in Get Smart.^[83]
• Sylvester is the archenemy of Speedy Gonzales and Tweety Bird on The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show.^[84]
• Vilgax is the archenemy of Ben Tennyson in the Ben 10 franchise.^[85]

• Andross is the archenemy of Fox McCloud in the Star Fox series.^[86]
• Arcturus Mengsk is the archenemy of Jim Raynor in the StarCraft series.^[87]
• Bowser is the archenemy of Mario in the Super Mario Bros. franchise.^[88][89]
• Doctor Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik is the archenemy of Sonic the Hedgehog in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.^[90]
• Doctor Nefarious is the archenemy of Ratchet in the Ratchet & Clank series.^[91][92]
• Doctor Neo Cortex is the archenemy of Crash Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot series.^[93]
• Doctor Wily is the archenemy of Mega Man in the Original Mega Man series.^[94][95]
• Dracula is the archenemy of Simon Belmont and the Belmont family in the Castlevania series.^[96]
• Ganon is the archenemy of Link in The Legend of Zelda series.^[97][98]
• Geese Howard is the archenemy of Terry Bogard in the Fatal Fury series^[99]
• Kano is the archenemy of Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat.^[100]
• M. Bison is the archenemy of Chun-Li.^[101] and Guile^[102] in the Street Fighter series.
• Psy-Crow is the archenemy of Earthworm Jim in the Earthworm Jim series.^[103]
• Ridley is the archenemy of Samus Aran in the Metroid series.^[104]
• Ripto is the archenemy of Spyro in the Spyro the Dragon series.^[105]
• Shao Kahn is the archenemy of Raiden in Mortal Kombat and it's various spinoffs.^[106]
• Sub-Zero is the archenemy of Scorpion in Mortal Kombat and it's various spinoffs.^[107]

• Deep Blue and the Saint Rose Crusaders are the archenemies of the Mew Mews in Tokyo Mew Mew.^[108][109]
• Koichi Zenigata is the archnemesis of Arsène Lupin III in Lupin III manga series.^[110]
• L is the archnemesis of Light Yagami in the Death Note franchise.^[111]
• Naraku is the archnemesis of Inuyasha in the Inuyasha franchise.^[112]
• Team Rocket are the archenemies of Ash Ketchum and his friends in the Pokémon anime and manga.^[113]
• Akatsuki and their leader Tobi are the archenemies of Naruto Uzumaki in the Naruto anime and manga.^[114][115]

• Cobra Commander and Storm Shadow of Cobra Command are the archenemies of Gen. Hawk and Snake Eyes of G.I. Joe Team respectively in the line of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero action figures.^[116]
• Hordak is the archenemy of She-Ra in She-Ra: Princess of Power.^[117]
• Megatron of the Decepticons is the archenemy of Optimus Prime of the Autobots in the Transformers toy line.^[118][119]
• Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living is the archenemy of ThunderCats in ThunderCats series.^[120]
• Skeletor is the archenemy of He-Man in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.^[50][121]