Celebrity Witch, Please: The 10 Raddest Pop Culture Witches of Our Time They can cast a spell on us any day By Maria Yagoda Maria Yagoda Maria Yagoda is a former writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2017. People Editorial Guidelines Published on October 12, 2016 10:08AM EDT Close 01 of 08 THE HOCUS POCUS WITCHES Everett Collection The trio of witches at the center of the iconic 1993 Halloween film — played by Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker — inspire us to be our spookiest, most villainous selves each and every day. Unapologetically flamboyant, the Sanderson sisters are as evil as they are crafty and have fundamentally shaped us as human beings. 02 of 08 LUNA LOVEGOOD FROM HARRY POTTER Evanna Lynch as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series. Everett Collection Sorry, Harry — this witch's heart, savvy, eclecticism and self-awareness are unparalleled in the HP universe. "I think they think I'm a bit odd, you know. Some people call me 'Loony' Lovegood, actually," she says in the series' fifth novel. Never change, girl. Never change. 03 of 08 URSULA FROM THE LITTLE MERMAID Everett Collection Sea witches are witches, too! This plump and purple antagonist gets extra points for rocking red lipstick and baby blue eye shadow underwater. 04 of 08 WILLOW FROM BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER Everett Collection Even before she's a witch, Willow Rosenberg — as masterfully portrayed by Alyson Hannigan — is one of the raddest fictional characters ever. She teaches us we can be awkward and geeky while destroying our adversaries and occasionally indulging our demonic sides. 05 of 08 MELISANDRE FROM GAME OF THRONES HBO/WENN.com As is true for many witches, the Red Woman's morals are questionable — like, she had Stannis Baratheon burn his daughter at the stake for reasons that still aren't clear to anyone. But there is no doubt that she has the cunning and power to convince lots of different people to do lots of different things, and that's pretty cool. 06 of 08 SABRINA FROM SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH Everett Collection The '90s sitcom flips long-standing, pervasive witch stereotypes on their head with Melissa Joan Hart's turn as Sabrina, a super-cool but relatable teen navigating adolescence and her magical powers!! (Spoiler alert: Adolescence is spookier.) 07 of 08 LOUISE MILLER IN TEEN WITCH Everett Collection Another groundbreaking canonical teen witch: Louise Miller in the very aptly named 1999 film Teen Witch. Played by Blake Lively's older half-sister, Robyn, Miller is everything we've ever wanted to be, including (but not limited to) fun, flirty and scheme-y. 08 of 08 ENDORA ON BEWITCHED Everett Collection We would be literal monsters if we didn' include the '60s sitcom that brought witchcraft to prime time. And while we love the elegant yet quirky housewife Samantha, the show's protagonist, we'll forever take our moral cues from Endora, her mom, who always tries to break up her daughter and her husband because she's never liked him. #PettyGoals