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* The utterly [[AxCrazy psychotic]] Witch Sisters, Morag and Mallenroh of Creator/TerryBrooks' ''[[Literature/TheSwordOfShannaraTrilogy The Elfstones of Shannara]]''. Beautiful, cold, and utterly evil, they've turned the Wilderun into a disaster, and spent several thousand years warring with one another and kidnapping/murdering anyone who gets in between them. The Ilse Witch of ''Literature/TheVoyageOfTheJerleShannara'' is a more [[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]] [[DarkMagicalGirl version]] who was, coincidentally, raised by Morag and Mallenroh's brother, [[EvilSorcerer The Morgawr]].

** Completely averted by Morwen. She is a witch, and still practices magic, [[KindheartedCatLover owns a dozen or so cats]], and wears black robes, but is also very practical, sensible, friendly, and attractive in a motherly way.
** Also parodied with her colleague Archaniz, who looks and acts the part down to the poisonous garden... because she's the Chairwitch of the Deadly Nightshade Gardening Club. She also grows ordinary daisies in the garden and worries about witches getting a reputation for being too kind and helpful and thus getting swamped by people asking for assistance.
* Maelga, in ''Literature/TheForgottenBeastsOfEld'', is the sorceress Sybel's closest neighbor; one of the only people willing to live near the mysterious and frightening Eld Mountain. She's only a ''little'' bit wicked; she and Sybel end up good friends after Sybel receives the baby, Tam, and turns to Maelga for advice. Maelga steals a cow -- refusing to let Sybel do it -- so they can feed Tam, and leaves a jeweled broach in its place, making many peasants hopefully leave the barn door open after. She does dispense curses and potions to the villagers, though.

** [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Far worse than Hogatha]] was Chlorhydris, who was so full of hate that she wanted to make the entire world feel the same way, eradicating everyone's ability to feel happiness and love. While such goals are not uncommon for villains in a series like this, Chlorhydris did some downright sadistic things in pursuit of it, like kidnapping the wood elf Laconia and using her wand to kill the flowing plants in the forest - not caring in the least that doing so was causing Laconia to die an agonizingly slow death as she felt their pain. (Unlike most villains in the series, Chlorhydris was given a backstory; apparently, she was once in love with a wizard who left her at the altar, and apparently, the heartbreak not only [[EvilMakesYouUgly caused her to fit this Trope well]], it was enough for her to want to deny all of creation what she had once had.)

* The HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', "I Spy A Witch", has [[BetaBitch Miranda]] and Mipsy causing a Halloween prank by defacing a statue outside the school - dressing it up like a wicked witch. The two then frame Ginger for it, resulting in her being suspended, so the former can get the lead in the Halloween play - which coincidentally is a Salem Witch Trials story. Once the Foutleys discover the truth, [[spoiler:thanks to a photo courtesy of Carl's late best friend, Maude, whom he brought BackFromTheDead to try to scare Lois, only to give her the photo,]] Ginger sneaks onstage and she and the rest of the cast out Miranda as the culprit while they're performing the scene where her character is accused of witchcraft. It is implied at the end of the episode, Ginger's suspension was reversed and Miranda and Mipsy rightfully received the punishment.

* The HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', "I Spy A Witch", has [[BetaBitch Miranda]] and Mipsy causing a Halloween prank by defacing a statue outside the school - dressing it up like a wicked witch. The two then frame Ginger for it so the former can get the lead in the Halloween play - which coincidentally is a Salem Witch Trials story. Once the Foutleys discover the truth, [[spoiler:thanks to a photo courtesy of Carl's late best friend, Maude, whom he brought BackFromTheDead to try to scare Lois, only to give her the photo,]] Ginger sneaks onstage and she and the rest of the cast out Miranda as the culprit while they're performing the scene where her character is accused of witchcraft. It is implied at the end of the episode, Ginger's suspension was reversed and Miranda and Mipsy rightfully received the punishment.

* The HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', "I Spy A Witch", has [[BetaBitch Miranda]] and Mipsy causing a Halloween prank by defacing a statue outside the school - dressing it up like a wicked witch. The two then frame Ginger for it so the former can get the lead in the Halloween play - which coincidentally is a Salem Witch Trials story. Once the Foutleys discover the truth, [[spoiler:thanks to a photo courtesy of Carl's late best friend, Maude, whom he brought BackFromTheDead to try to scare Lois, only to give her the photo,]] Ginger sneaks on stage and the rest of the cast out Miranda as the culprit while they're performing the scene where her character is accused of witchcraft. It is implied at the end of the episode, Ginger's suspension was reversed and Miranda and Mipsy rightfully received the punishment.

* The HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', "I Spy A Witch", has [[BetaBitch Miranda]] and Mipsy causing a Halloween prank by defacing a statue outside the school - dressing it up like a wicked witch. The two then frame Ginger for it so the former can get the lead in the Halloween play - which coincidentally is a Salem Witch Trials story. Once Ginger discovers the truth, [[spoiler:thanks to a photo courtesy of Carl's late best friend, Maude, whom he brought BackFromTheDead to scare Lois,]] she sneaks on stage and the rest of the cast out Miranda as the culprit while they're performing the scene where her character is accused of witchcraft. It is implied at the end of the episode, Ginger's suspension was reversed and Miranda and Mipsy rightfully received the punishment.

* The HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'', "I Spy A Witch", has [[BetaBitch Miranda]] causing a Halloween prank by defacing a statue outside the school - dressing it up like a wicked witch. She then frames Ginger for it so she can get the lead in the Halloween play - which coincidentally is a Salem Witch Trials story. Once Ginger discovers the truth, [[spoiler:thanks to a photo courtesy of Carl,]] she sneaks on stage and the rest of the cast out Miranda as the culprit while they're performing the scene where her character is accused of witchcraft.

* The HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' has [[BetaBitch Miranda]] causing a Halloween prank by defacing a statue outside the school - dressing it up like a wicked witch. She then frames Ginger for it so she can get the lead in the Halloween play - which coincidentally is a Salem Witch Trials story. Once Ginger discovers the truth, she sneaks on stage and the rest of the cast out Miranda as the culprit while they're performing the scene where her character is accused of witchcraft.

* The musical work of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' has ''Music/NightOnBaldMountain'' as its final segment. Among the many, many damned souls that fly at their master Chernobog's beckoning one can easily the ghosts of his devotees, there are witches that use their ghostly brooms in a perpetuation of what they did in life.
* Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid''--also a member of a fairy race, but is considered a wicked witch to merfolk, as evidenced by Sebastian and Scuttle both referring to her as "the sea witch".

* Maleficent from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' is technically an [[TheFairFolk evil fairy]], but still invokes the look and feel. She's referred to as a "wicked witch" by Merriweather.
* In ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'', Queen Grimhilde transforms herself into a very impressive Hag of a witch, including all the classic physical features, in order to pull one over on Snow White. Interestingly she was originally a VainSorceress who put on the whole 'hook-nosed woman' look as a disguise. In fact, she's so effective as a Witch that she is resurrected to grand effect in the Disney comic books.
* [[AlliterativeName Mad Madam Mim]] appeared as Merlin's adversary in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone'', and had all the generic traits of a Wicked Witch. Interestingly her subsequent appearances in the various Disney comics turned her into ChaoticNeutral verging on ChaoticGood.
* Mother Gothel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' ''might'' count--she's plenty wicked, but she doesn't exhibit magical powers of her own beyond her knowledge of magical incantations.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'' has Koume and Kotake. Their combined form, Twinrova, is young and pretty, though. In either case, they're evil witches who manipulated their fellow [[OneGenderRace Gerudo]] to be DesertBandits and raised [[BigBad Ganondorf]] to be [[SorcerousOverlord what he is]].

** The witches Twinrova appear in all their evil glory in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Seasons]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Ages]]''. In a fully linked game, [[HijackedByGanon they're the power behind the big villains of those games]].

** Kammy Koopa in the ''VideoGame/PaperMario'' games. Bedlam from ''[[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor The Thousand Year Door]]'' also sports the Wicked Witch look, crossing over into LivingShadow territory for the rest of her character, as does the game's final boss, the Shadow Queen.

** Terra Snapdragon is an [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] female magic user who brews dubious concoctions, wields formidable and vicious magic, wears a thinly-veiled facade over her cruel disposition, and [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E21KingsTide "King's Tide"]] gave her a [[EvilLaugh creepy cackle]] to round it out.
** [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], [[spoiler:Belos actually has a lot more in common with the 17th-century definition of a Witch than the residents of the Boiling Isles do. He's an elderly outcast who cut a deal with an evil spirit in exchange for powerful magic he fuels by devouring the flesh of innocents (The Collector and the Palismen) and hides his hideous true from behind a kindly mask he uses to manipulate the righteous into his clutches. [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E16HollowMind "Hollow Mind"]] makes the parallel even more obvious, having him disguise himself as a seemingly helpful and innocent creature to deceive two children into following him into an extremely foreboding forest (the depths of his mindscape) until they're far away from rescue and he reveals his true evil nature while cackling madly.]]

** [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], Belos actually has a lot more in common with the 17th-century definition of a Witch than the residents of the Boiling Isles do. [[spoiler:He's an elderly outcast who cut a deal with an evil spirit in exchange for powerful magic he fuels by devouring the flesh of innocents (The Collector and the Palismen) and hides his hideous true from behind a kindly mask he uses to manipulate the righteous into his clutches. [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E16HollowMind "Hollow Mind"]] makes the parallel even more obvious, having him disguise himself as a seemingly helpful and innocent creature to deceive two children into following him into an extremely foreboding forest (the depths of his mindscape) until they're far away from rescue and he reveals his true evil nature while cackling madly.]]

** [[{{Irony}} Hilariously enough]], Belos actually has a lot more in common with the 17th-century definition of a Witch than the residents of the Boiling Isles do. He's an elderly outcast who cut a deal with an evil spirit in exchange for powerful magic he fuels by devouring the flesh of innocents (The Collector and the Palismen) and hides his hideous true from behind a kindly mask he uses to manipulate the righteous into his clutches. [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E16HollowMind "Hollow Mind"]] makes the parallel even more obvious, having him disguise himself as a seemingly helpful and innocent creature to deceive two children into following him into an extremely foreboding forest (the depths of his mindscape) until they're far away from rescue and he reveals his true evil nature while cackling madly.

* ''Webcomic/HandbookOfHeroes'': From [[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/witchy-ways "Witchy Ways"]], where a regular old woman is being subjected to almost BurnTheWitch.

* '''Habits''': This character tends to [[SolitarySorceress live alone in isolated environments]], especially creepy forests or [[TheHedgeOfThorns thorny wastelands]] where it's easy to find your way in and never find your way back out. Sometimes her house is ObviouslyEvil, but it's just as likely she lives in a GingerbreadHouse or other attractive building, so as to lure in her favorite prey: children. Sometimes [[ChildEater she eats them]], or sometimes she [[PoweredByAForsakenChild uses them as fuel or ingredients for her magic]], but even if she does neither, most evil witches seem inexorably [[ChildHater destined to give kids the worst—and last—days of their lives]]. This character also has an unusually [[CreepyHighPitchedVoice high-pitched]] and/or [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy]] voice. She loves to [[EvilLaugh cackle]] and she may say something along the lines of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "I'll get you my pretty!"]], and is likely to be [[AxCrazy psychotic]]. And while [[AllWitchesHaveCats witches in general love black cats]], the wicked ones also have a thing for [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute creepy]] and evil animals like [[SpidersAreScary spiders]], [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]], [[CreepyCrows crows]], [[GoodAnimalsEvilAnimals toads or bats]].

* Ursula from ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid'' (also a member of a fairy race, but is considered a wicked witch to merfolk).

* Despite roughly half of the rather large cast of ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' being [[MageSpecies witches]], the only one that manages to tick off all of the major boxes is Terra Snapdragon. She's an [[EvilOldFolks elderly]] female magic user who brews dubious concoctions, wields formidable and vicious magic, wears a thinly-veiled facade over her cruel disposition, and "King's Tide" gave her a [[EvilLaugh creepy cackle]] to round it out.

* ''Literature/TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia'': Gethzerion is quite ugly due to facial deformities caused by her use of the Dark Side and lives in isolation with her fellow wicked witches at the Imperial prison on Dathomir, which they took over. She, and they use their powers for evil, chiefly by hurting people (Gethzeron tortures Han with Force telekinesis near the end).

* Completely averted by Morwen in the ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles''. She is a witch, and still practices magic, [[KindheartedCatLover owns a dozen or so cats]], and wears black robes, but is also very practical, sensible, friendly, and attractive in a motherly way.

* Maelga, in ''Literature/TheForgottenBeastsOfEld'', is the sorceress Sybel's closest neighbor; one of the only people willing to live near the mysterious and frightening Eld Mountain. She's only a ''little'' bit wicked; she and Sybel end up good friends after Sybel receives the baby, Tam, and turns to Maelga for advice. Maelga steals a cow -- refusing to let Sybel do it -- so they can feed Tam, and leaves a jeweled broach in its place, making many peasants hopefully leaving the barn door open after. She does dispense curses and potions to the villagers, though.

* Mother Gothel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' ''might'' count--she's plenty wicked, but she doesn't exhibit magical powers of her own beyond her knowledge of the right magical incantation to say to make the golden flower make her younger.

* '''Powers''': While a good witch tends to be an [[GreenThumb earthy nature child]], the bad version practices BlackMagic and TheDarkArts and probably [[HollywoodSatanism trucks with the devil]] [[ReligionOfEvil or some other]] [[DarkSide power of evil]]. A good witch might brew a potion to [[UtilityMagic make your laundry smell nice]], but a wicked one might brew a potion with a [[EyeOfNewt Dead Man's Toe]] to give you hives. They are also especially prone to throwing around {{Curse}}s at people they don't like or [[GypsyCurse really just anyone that happens to cross their path]]. [[BalefulPolymorph Turning people into animals]] seems to be a favorite, as far as curses go.

* In Creator/AndrewLang's "[[https://web.archive.org/web/20200501091500/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/stories/birch.html The Wonderful Birch]]", a Wicked Witch [[BalefulPolymorph turns the heroine's mother into a sheep]] and uses [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] to [[WickedStepmother take her place]]; she has the sheep killed and feeds it to the woman's husband, although the daughter does not eat and manages to bury the bones. Then she does everything in ''Cinderella'' and then, after the wedding, enchants her stepdaughter [[BalefulPolymorph into the form of a reindeer]] after the wedding and puts her own daughter in her place.

* ''[[VideoGame/GnarledHag GNARLED HAG]]'': The titular Hag evokes the classic image of a wicked witch -- complete with hat, implied , a decaying, unkempt house in which she resides, as well as a penchant for imprisoning trespassing children and [[BalefulPolymorph turning them into slugs]] -- but with a horror twist that makes her seem more of a HumanoidAbomination as well. Namely, her [[NightmareFace horribly distorted, almost mask-like face]] with loose skin that dangles from her jaw, the ability to phase through the floor with a hearty dose of BodyHorror, and [[spoiler:a full-blown OneWingedAngel transformation when sufficiently angered]].

* '''Habits''': This character tends to [[SolitarySorceress live alone in isolated environments]], especially creepy forests or [[TheHedgeOfThorns thorny wastelands]] where it's easy to find your way in and never find your way back out. Sometimes her house is ObviouslyEvil, but it's just as likely she lives in a GingerbreadHouse or other attractive building, so as to lure in her favorite prey: children. Sometimes [[ChildEater she eats them]], or sometimes she [[PoweredByAForsakenChild uses them as fuel or ingredients for her magic]], but even if she does neither, most evil witches seem inexorably [[ChildHater destined to give kids the worst—and last—days of their lives]]. This character also loves to [[EvilLaugh cackle]] and she may say something along the lines of [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "I'll get you my pretty!"]], and is likely to be [[AxCrazy psychotic]]. And while [[AllWitchesHaveCats witches in general love black cats]], the wicked ones also have a thing for [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute creepy]] and evil animals like [[SpidersAreScary spiders]], [[SnakesAreSinister snakes]], [[CreepyCrows crows]], [[GoodAnimalsEvilAnimals toads or bats]].

* ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademia'':