Has got to be the Penguin. I mean how intimidating is George Costanza with a top hat and an umbrella?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Snidely Whiplash. Without his mustache, he's nothing. Most of the time, he gets bested by a horse.
Pathetic.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
AH! Bob got to Snidely before me!
*pouts*
edit: Of course, AT WORST he's just a villian. Supervillian is giving him too much credit.
[ July 13, 2004, 11:08 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Alexa (Member # 6285) on :
How can you nominate anyone from Rocky and Bullwinkle?!! Snidely Whiplash is the best. Anyone from Canada who is evil enough to tie women to railroad tracks is almost as evil as the Land Lord who makes you pay the rent.
"You MUST pay the rent!"
"But I CAN'T pay the rent!"
"You must pay the rent!"
repeat until "I'll pay then rent."
"My Hero!"
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
"The Riddler" was pretty lame as a super villain. I mean, he'd purposefully leave clues that were always so blatantly obvious it was just dumb. It was like all he really wanted was someone to figure out his riddles. He didn't really want a life of crime at all.
You gotta want it!!!!
Posted by Alexa (Member # 6285) on :
I htink all supervillians are ultimately equally bad. I mean, when was the last time a supervillian won?
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Well, GeorgeClooney killed off Batman and Robin, and escaped with millions upon millions of dollars. Last I heard, he was living it up in the Italian Riviera.
[ July 13, 2004, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Disco Tony.
He couldn't tie his shoes without Cassanova Frankenstein.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Nobody is as bad as the Amoeba Boys.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
The Beagle Boys were pretty lousy
Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :
Bowser, who is constantly defeated by a plumbler.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
in all fairness, it takes at least 2 plumbers to take bowser down, and sometimes even a mushroom person. and they almost always have royalty supporting their quests.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Top 3 Worst Supervillians in the world:
3) Sadaam Hussein. His power, making people believe he had stacks of WMD's. In his biggest palace was a not addressed to President George W. Bush. It said, "Ha, ha. Made you look."
2)The Chenester. Secret head of the semi-secret organization known as Hell-it-burnin. His biggest puppet master like skill is the ability to prod governmental leaders into doing his bidding, somewhat, and of course, his ability to bleed oil.
3)Ken Lay. Secret head of a very wealthy cartel of stupid business men determined to become very wealthy while destroying the US Economy, the dreams of their investors, and the New York Stock Exchange. His secret power, the ability to spend gobs of money.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
I've got to go with the Riddler, as well. Consider that while the Penguin looks silly and engages in ridiculously elaborate schemes, his "gimmick" does not at least involve giving the good guys clues on how to stop him.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Even as a child that bugged me ("Mommy, why is that doffus on scren telling Batman what he's going to do?")
Any of the non-first-four Bond villians count in my mind too.
Hobbes Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :
quote:Has got to be the Penguin. I mean how intimidating is George Costanza with a top hat and an umbrella?
It was Danny DeVito, wasn't it? But he was a much better villain in "Other People's Money." Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
Those of us who hung out in the DC universe discovered something cool--the lamer the villian, the harder the writers would have to work to make them scary and menacing. And some of the writers did a bang-up job.
There was a penguin origin story where Oswald Cobblepot welded shut the metal teeth of the guy who used to abuse him as a kid using an "umbrella welder," then stripped him down, slathered him in fish oil, and left him for dead in the tiger pit of the local zoo that was crazy. The image of the guy with his teeth welded shut and tears rolling down his cheeks was haunting.
Riddler had a great appearance in Denny O'Neil's "The Question," where he and a floozie took a bus hostage, they were robbing everyone, and killing them, too, if they didn't answer his riddles.
The Question then began to banter with him regarding old Zen riddles, real mysteries of the universe type stuff until he broke down crying and confessing some of those unaswerable riddles had helped drive him to madness.
I don't know how cool they sound here, with me describing them, but the comics themselves were cool to me at the time.
Don't get me wrong--I'm not arguing premises for the villans weren't stupid. I'm just saying that sometimes the worst premises, by inspiring a writer to rise above them, create some of the best product.
Posted by ? (Member # 2319) on :
Come on, Chucky, that doll, has got to be worse then The Riddler. Although my name has nothing to do with the Riddler, he's better than a killer doll. ?
Posted by Mr.Gumby (Member # 6303) on :
I went through most of my life afraid of chucky, but then I watched the movie a few months ago and now I'm thinking that it was meant to be a comedy.
[ July 15, 2004, 03:28 PM: Message edited by: Mr.Gumby ]
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Shouldn't this thread be about the most effective, and therefore worse supervillian ever?
Like shouldn't we be saying "Victor Von Doom could have Magneto eating out of the palm of his hand," or some such nonsense? Posted by ? (Member # 2319) on :
I've changed my mind. I would have to say The Brain, from Pinky and the Brain is the worst. Although I loved it, he tried every night to take over the world and he always failed. He didn't even have a superhero that tried to stop him. He just failed. He never gave up though. That's one good thing. ?
Posted by fil (Member # 5079) on :
Khhhaaaaaaaaannnnnn!!!!
[ July 15, 2004, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: fil ]
Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :
I always found Mole Man to be rather lame.
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
?, Don't be dissin' The Brain. The Brain is cool, although Pinky was smarter.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I find it amazing that anybody is dumber than Pinky.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
What about Bill the Cat?
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
Oh, c'mon. Pinky was the real genius, but nobody ever listened to him. Poor guy.
Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :
Really?
quote: I think so, Brain, but me and Pippi Longstocking... I mean, what would the children look like?
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