The biggest brat there ever was: Joffrey "Baratheon"

Since the premiere of the fifth season of the best show in history is coming up in less than a week (I'm so excited I can hardly stand it), I thought it would be best to reflect back on the worst, most evil character to ever grace Game of Thrones: Joffrey of the house "Baratheon."

Now, we all know why I keep putting the quotation marks around Baratheon, but in case someone forgot, let us recap. Cersei Lannister (to be featured on next week's installment of the top evil characters of Game of Thrones) was married to King Robert Baratheon (may he rest in drunken peace) during the first season. We find out in the very first episode of the series that Cersei and her twin Jamie share more than just a "sibling affection" for one another. Joffrey, Tommen, and Myrcella are all golden-haired products of that sick, little twist, although everyone mistakenly thinks that the children are Robert's. Even Robert thinks that the children are his, poor guy. So really Joffrey is of the house Lannister.

Joffrey has earned the top spot on the list of most evil characters for more reasons than anyone can count. It doesn't take long for newcomers to the show to develop a hatred for the little snot. In the first season, you see Joff assume the role of king after the untimely death of King Robert. What is his first order of business? He throws Ned Stark in the dungeon, and then proceeds to cut off Ned's head in front of Ned's daughters, Sansa and Arya, moments after he promised Sansa (his betrothed) that he would be merciful to Ned. Who does that??

Then, not only does he cut off Ned Stark's head, he mounts it on a spike about the Red Keep and makes Sansa stare at it. When Sansa made it clear that she did not want to look at her father's head mounted on a spike, Joffrey had Ser Meryn Trant slap her twice. At another point in the second season, Joffrey had Ser Meryn beat Sansa with his hands and sword, and tear her clothes in front of the whole court for his own amusement. He ought to have been thrown out of the top of the Red Keep for that one.

As if that wasn't enough, Joff absolutely torments his amazing uncle, Tyrion Lannister, all throughout the series. Tyrion is an incredibly intelligent and witty dwarf, which is why he is subjected to prejudice and discrimination by his family all throughout the series. Joffrey is no exception; in fact, he is the worst culprit. One of the biggest displays of Joffrey's torment of Tyrion was in the last episode Joffrey was alive. Joffrey insisted that Tyrion fight another dwarf at Joffrey's wedding. When Tyrion respectfully declined, Joffrey poured wine on his head and then demanded that Tyrion be his cupbearer for the rest of the wedding, which ended five minutes later with Joff's glorious death.

The world celebrated Joffrey's rather messy death, and was certainly no exception. As they say in Braavos: Valar Morghulis. All men must die.