Ok, so Jareth isn't an necessarily evil but he is certainly bad-ass. His true motives are unknown throughout the film so one could just assume that he is a madman at the end of a magical labyrinth. The only reason he would be considered a villain is because he has created an extremely complicated and morphing labyrinth for Sarah to travel though in order to get her baby brother back, Toby. The brother in which she wished The Goblin King to take him away from her in the first place due to her frustrations while watching him. So in all actuality, The Goblin King isn't an evil villain, just some madman that takes babies when told to and then turns the babies into goblins when the time is right. His powers include the ability to form crystal orbs in his hands, which can create illusions of all types or to view things from a distance. Jareth uses his magical crystals to show dreams and offers the crystals to Sarah as a symbol of dreams. Another inspiration for the idea of Jareth's magical crystals is Hand with Reflecting Sphere by M.C. Escher, i. e. the inspiration for the mirror properties of the crystals and their power to show reflections of dreams. Villain or not, The Goblin King deserves a spot on this list due to his sheer David Bowie awesomeness.
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