The Dark Queen is the main antagonist of the Battletoads video game series by Rare introduced in the original Battletoads in 1991. Dark Queen is the nemesis of the protagonistic Battletoads. She is a mysterious mistress of evil magic and the supreme commander of a space army bent on galactic conquest. The character has received considerable attention due to her sex appeal, as well as for being one of the Top 5 First Female Final-Bosses in the 1990s alongside other record holders such as the Cloud of Darkness from Final Fantasy III (1990), Martha Splatterhead from The Combatribes (1990), Cleopatra from Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (1990), etc.