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These are the characters casting spells on the small screen. Join WatchMojo.com as we count down our picks for the top 10 Wizards and Witches from television.
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00:13Memorable TV characters cast a spell on their viewers, something these characters are more than capable of doing.
00:20Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Witches and Wizards on TV.
00:27For this list, we're looking at those small-screen enchanters and enchantresses who use their powers for all manner of
00:34reasons, either good or bad.
00:36If you'd like to see more magical Top 10s, be sure to check out our lists of the Top 10
00:41Movie Witches and the Top 10 Movie Wizards.
00:44Oh, Wizards Weekly! Let's see if they printed my letter to the editor.
00:56I wish they'd take those out for people who already have subscriptions.
01:00Number 10, Rita Repulsa, the Power Rangers franchise.
01:0410,000 years ago, Rita Repulsa was imprisoned in a space dumpster on the moon.
01:08She remained there until two unsuspecting astronauts opened the dumpster and changed the world forever.
01:16After 10,000 years, I'm free! It's time to conquer Earth!
01:21Trapped in a dumpster for 10,000 years would make anyone a tad grumpy, especially when they're an intergalactic space
01:27sorceress with a penchant for creating chaos.
01:29Don't leave! You'll miss my coming out party! That's when I destroy the nearest planet!
01:35Rita Repulsa was a major foe of those mighty Morphin Power Rangers on several of their TV series, using her
01:42magic wand to grow her minions to impressive sizes.
01:45Rita eventually turned away from evil and became Mystic Mother, a force for good, but she was more fun when
01:52she was bad.
01:52So you think you can stop me, do you? Finster, hurry up with those putty patrollers!
01:58Yes, your evil badness, I'm molding the last putty's hell!
02:02Number 9, Fiona Good, American Horror Story Coven.
02:06Look, why don't you just go away? I don't want you here, how else do you want me to say
02:10it?
02:11You're still angry, I can tell.
02:12My God, you are the supreme.
02:16The supreme witch of a coven descended from the original witches of Salem.
02:20Fiona Good is beautiful on the outside and dripping with evil on the inside.
02:27She's obsessed with remaining both beautiful and immortal, and uses her considerable powers in this pursuit.
02:46She thinks nothing of draining the life force of others to keep herself attractive and active.
02:52Fiona's ruthlessness is chilling and immensely entertaining.
02:56Her name may be good, but she's oh so bad.
03:00You are nothing but an envious old bitch.
03:05Number 8, Gargamel The Smurfs.
03:08Now I'll find out exactly where those Smurfs are.
03:12Show me, oh magic crystal ball, where to find the most miserable creatures of all.
03:22What's this? No, no, no, no, I mean the Smurfs!
03:25The evil wizard Gargamel, or Gargi as he's sometimes known, just has a thing against little blue people.
03:32He's always after the Smurfs, sometimes just cause he wants to destroy them, and sometimes to use in his magical
03:38experiments.
03:39Smurfs, mythical little blue creatures believed to be the missing ingredient in the legendary formula for turning lead into gold.
03:46Now I remember. I got it wrong on a test last year. Wizards have been searching for Smurfs since the
03:52beginning of wizardry.
03:53It seems that Smurfs are somehow useful in turning stuff into gold.
03:57Although a pretty powerful wizard, Gargamel is also pretty incompetent.
04:02Luckily for the Smurfs.
04:04This is Papa Smurf's handiwork, but he'll pay for it! He'll pay double!
04:11Number 7, Mr. Gold, Rumpelstiltskin, Once Upon a Time.
04:16Rumpelstiltskin, I have a question for you.
04:20No, you don't.
04:24They do. Snow White and Prince Jeremy.
04:33Once Upon a Time's Evil Queen Regina Mills is one nasty witch.
04:37But she's bested by the crafty Rumpelstiltskin, known in Storybrooke as Mr. Gold.
04:43Hi, my name is Mr. Gold. We met briefly on your arrival.
04:47I remember.
04:48Good. I have a proposition for you, Ms. Swan. I need your help.
04:53Elegantly sinister, he's a malevolent trickster and a master manipulator.
04:57He likes nothing more than to lure people into his traps by using his magic, which always comes with a
05:04price.
05:04What could you possibly get from me?
05:06Funny you should ask, can you read?
05:15My firstborn child.
05:17Yeah, she is quite important.
05:20Say what you like though, the guy may be untrustworthy, but he's got real flair.
05:25Enjoying the view as much as I am?
05:30How dare you? I'm a married woman.
05:33Not yet. Weddings are tomorrow.
05:36Hmm.
05:38Number 6. The Ice King, Adventure Time.
05:41This is my kingdom. You guys can't just scoot about on my land.
05:46Willy nilly, I've got rules here.
05:49The mighty and weird Ice King is the friendly foe of Finn and Jake on Adventure Time.
05:55Rise monsters of snow and go!
05:59Beat up Finn and Jake!
06:01Uh oh.
06:01Originally a kindly human named Simon, his use of his magic crown twisted and warped him into the pathetic but
06:08maniacal Ice King.
06:10Hello, my name is Simon Petrikov. I am recording this tape so that people will know my story.
06:15Oh no, turn it off BMO, turn it off!
06:18His obsession with kidnapping princesses is a little creepy.
06:22And his army of penguins named Gunter is, well, also a little creepy.
06:27Oh my glob, Jake. Is this it? Could this be the Ice King's evil secret?
06:32But his bizarre thought patterns and non sequitur reasoning make him one villain we look forward to time and again.
06:39No more nice. Now you get ice!
06:43Try watching those tapes with frozen eyeballs!
06:55I am a witch! A real, house-haunting, broom-riding, cauldron-stirring witch!
07:03It must be the champagne.
07:05Bewitched is a beloved TV series with one big flaw.
07:08Who could ever believe that a witch as wonderful as Samantha Stevens would fall for a drip like her hubby
07:14Darren?
07:15He's a dear, sweet, wonderful, perfectly marvelous man.
07:18Oh, my poor baby. He sounds simply horrible.
07:23As portrayed by Elizabeth Montgomery, Samantha is smart, funny, sneaky and even sexy in a safe 1960s network TV kind
07:32of way.
07:32A generation of kids grew up trying to twitch their noses like Sam, especially when trying to perform housework.
07:38But without the magic of TV, it didn't have the same results.
07:42Darren, please forgive me, but I'm sure that you'd consider this an emergency.
07:48First, the hors d'oeuvres.
07:54Number four, Willow Rosenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
07:58Do you have series intrigue? You should check it out.
08:01Check it out?
08:02From the library where the books live.
08:04Right, I'm there. See, I want a change.
08:07Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Willow Rosenberg starts out as just a shy but brilliant computer nerd, a member of the
08:13Scooby gang and Buffy's best friend.
08:15Oh, Buffy, she was just being Cordelia, only more so. Don't pay any attention to her.
08:21But when she begins experimenting with magic, Willow discovers a natural affinity for it.
08:26Just a little taste.
08:37She eventually grows powerful enough to resurrect a temporarily dead Buffy and even almost destroys the world.
08:44Which is wicked in all senses of the word.
08:47Hey, black-eyed girl. What you doing?
08:50Get out of here.
08:52Oh, no. You're not the only one with powers, you know.
08:55I'm not joking, Xander. Get out of my way. Now.
09:02Number three, Piper, Phoebe and Paige, Charmed.
09:05In this night and in this hour, I call upon the ancient power.
09:10Bring back my sister. Bring back the power of three.
09:15Piper and Paige Hallowell and Phoebe Matthews are sisters with a secret.
09:20They're the most powerful good witches in the world.
09:23Where's our sister?
09:25Kill me and you'll never see her again.
09:28Hmm. So maybe we should just torture you instead.
09:37Their individual powers are awesome and enable them to freeze time, predict the future,
09:42and move objects through sheer mind power.
09:45Leo, don't you dare walk away from me again.
09:48I mean it!
09:53Known as the Charmed Ones, they fight evil in all its many guises.
09:57All while trying to maintain separate lives as normal, everyday people.
10:01All right, okay, already.
10:02Well, we'll spend the afternoon with our noses and potions.
10:06But can I go save the sole source of our income first?
10:08Number two, Sabrina Spellman, Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
10:12Oh, look, Hilda. She's levitating. Right on schedule.
10:16Let's wake her up and tell her she's a witch.
10:19No. Let her sleep.
10:20She starts a new school tomorrow.
10:22Sabrina the Teenage Witch inherits magical powers from her warlock father on her 16th birthday.
10:28Now, you're not alone. I'm a witch, Hilda's a witch, your father's a witch.
10:32And I suppose my mom's a witch too.
10:34I always thought so.
10:35And they kind of turn her world upside down, in a good sitcom-y way.
10:39Ugh. I hate doing this.
10:41If only there was some way I could bring these frogs back to life.
10:43I think his heart is somewhere around...
10:46Here.
10:48Look! Tad's alive! How'd that happen?
10:50Ha! It's Frankenfrog!
10:52Sabrina juggles the challenge of learning to control her powers with all the struggles of being a high school student.
10:59And does so with charm, wit, and a bubbly personality.
11:03She's so likable, she doesn't need magic to put a spell on people.
11:07That's great because, you know, I know a lot of times on first dates I make the mistake of talking
11:12too much or acting really desperate or putting myself down.
11:16Oh, you shouldn't do that.
11:19Okay, I'll try better next time.
11:21Before our top pick casts a spell on us, here are a few honorable mentions.
11:26Show me the present.
11:33You may have created me.
11:39But you were never my father.
11:51Edge Bonner, you too, sis.
11:57Oh, now that's cool.
11:59I want to make two of me so I can give myself a wedge.
12:04Uncle Mator, do something!
12:06My powers don't seem to be working!
12:09Number 1. Merlin, Camelot.
12:11I'm Arthur, who are you?
12:13His name is Merlin and he's not welcome here?
12:15Then you'll be on his way.
12:16Tie your sword, Kate.
12:17No! Do as you're told, boy!
12:18Will someone explain what is happening here?
12:20Our pick for the top TV wizard has shown up on numerous series, including Merlin and Merlin The Quest Begins.
12:28But he's at his best in 2011's Camelot.
12:31And if you still had a family, they'd be next!
12:35Don't speak a thing!
12:43Here, he has all the power one expects of a master wizard, but is complexly drawn.
12:49Always battling to keep his own dark side at bay, he commits crimes.
12:53Why don't you break free?
12:55And do what, hmm?
12:58A mad sorcerer against the people.
13:02They'll never trust me again.
13:03But does so in order to bring about good.
13:06He is the behind-the-scenes creator of both King Arthur and Camelot, and a force to be reckoned with.
13:12Will you come back?
13:25You will be great.
13:27Do you agree with our list?
13:29What other TV witches and wizards should we have put on this list?
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